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.