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.