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.