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.