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.