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.