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.