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.