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.