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.