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.