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.