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.