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.