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.