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.