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.