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.