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.