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.