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.