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.