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.