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.