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.