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.