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.