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.