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.