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.