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.