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.