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.