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.