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.