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.