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.