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.