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.