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.