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.