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.