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.