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.