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.