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.