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.