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.