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.