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.