The Selkie
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When Duncan cut a seal with his knif out sprang a girl that he took for a wife, and though they lived he thought happily he often caught her looking – out to sea. Time passed and she was with his child, so, he kept her secure under lock and key less she returned back again to the wild, but still she kept on looking – out to sea. When her time came she was not to be found, for she had heard the seal-people calling. He followed her footprints down to the sound, where he stood searching – far out to sea. There he saw a group of seals gathered around a young female with her pup, who before leaving turned to look back at him – fully in his face. Long after he wandered his lonely shore, the memory of her his only grace, mourning his lost love, now never more, while his pride kept him – in that place. Until years later now old and frail, his gaze went out to where he thought she had returned coming – back to him; so, he stripped – and set out to swim. © D G Moody 2022
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