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.