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.