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.