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.