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.