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.