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.