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.