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.