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.