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.