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.