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.