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.