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.