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.