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.