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.