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.