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.