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.