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.