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.