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.