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.