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.