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.