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.