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.