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.