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.