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.