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.