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.