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.