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.