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.