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.