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.