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.