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.