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.