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.