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.