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.