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.