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.