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.