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.