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.