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.