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.