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.