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.