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.