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.