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.