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.