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.