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.