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.