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.