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.