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.