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.