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.