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.