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.