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.