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.