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.