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.