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.