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.