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.