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.