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.