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.