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.