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.