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.