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.