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.