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.