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.