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.