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.