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.