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.