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.