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.