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.