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.