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.