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.