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.