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.