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.