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.