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.