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.