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.