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.