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.