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.