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.