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.