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.