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.