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.