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.