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.