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.