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.