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.