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.