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.