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.