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.