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.