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.