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.