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.