elves live in the land      
      beyond  the great dam.      
  it  was built in  the  late sixties.  
     the elves came to us then.     
                      
                      
 they  were  very  manipulative,  and  we 
 came to trust them.           us 
 kids would play down at the  water  even 
 though we were not allowed.        
    sometimes the  sluice  would  close 
 entirely,  and  the  river at  the  dams 
 foot would  dry  up, revealing the rocky 
 water  garden  that   had   been  hidden 
 beneath, and we  would go there.     
       before the  dam  opened again, 
 there would  be a signal, but the  elves 
 would make us not hear it, and  suddenly 
 we would find the water rising,  already 
 at our knees.                
                      
   by then the  elves  would be gone.