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.