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.