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.