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.