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.