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.