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.