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.