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.