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.