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.