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.