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.