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.