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.