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.