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.