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.