In the mean while:
The elb still feels the pain from the kneekick. Angry, he was able to walk back to the river, slowly but steady.
"It doesn´t matter if those human say, we elbs are living peacefully. But the time I get my hands on this girl, I make sure to pay her BACK!" he´s mumbeling.
//I hope I can get back to the road before night and... What?!"

Surprised he looked onto the river. "It grow. The water grow and flooded the path back for me. There is no way over it."
Even angrier he stop.