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.