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.