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.