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.