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.