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.