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.