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.