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.