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.