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.