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.