The Merman and The Figure-Head by Clara F. Guernsey

Author:Clara F. Guernsey [Guernsey, Clara F. (Clara Florida)]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anboco
Published: 2017-01-05T23:00:00+00:00

“Oh I wish I knew her name or what she is!” said the merman to himself. “She can’t be human. She is too beautiful.” He swam round and round and read the words “The Sea-nymph” painted under the figure. He gave a jump almost out of the water. “It is a nymph,” he said—“one of the Nereides or Oceanides. I thought they had left this world long ago. What can she be doing on that ship?”

He gazed at the wooden creature with all his heart in his eyes. He wished he were human that he might at least be a little like this lovely shape. He hated his own form. Was it likely the divine nymph would ever deign to notice a creature with a fish’s tail? Finally he ventured to speak.

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