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.