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.