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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once, and not too long ago at all,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.88,0:00:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a great grey seal called Solanna \Ngave birth to a girl calf seal.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.51,0:00:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She named her Solanna the Younger, \Nand no seal was ever so proud of its calf.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.33,0:00:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'd think none of the rest \Nof us ever had a calf before.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.38,0:00:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The old ones cackled on the rocks
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.60,0:00:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they watched Solanna the Elder \Nflick the baby seal with her nose.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.50,0:00:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were only jealous because \Nthe bull seals no longer fought over them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.77,0:00:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They spat fishbones at the other seals \Nand hit out with their weak old feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.54,0:00:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Solanna the Elder \Ndidn't even notice them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.99,0:00:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All day and night she spent her time\Nminding Solanna the Younger
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.94,0:00:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suckling her, finding her \Nthe softest pieces of crab,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.23,0:00:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the sweetest \Nseagrasses to eat
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.89,0:01:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mackerel that wriggled between her \Nteeth as she fed them to the young calf.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.21,0:01:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At night in the caves, Solanna the Elder \Nspread out on a wide ledge
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.35,0:01:10.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Solanna the Younger \Nunderneath her.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.79,0:01:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes a mermaid or two \Nwould come to admire the baby seal
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.98,0:01:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sing her lullabies \Nin the dark hushed cave
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.01,0:01:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when the \Nmermaids didn't come,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.24,0:01:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Solanna the Elder \Nwould sing her calf to sleep
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.80,0:01:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for seals have \Nvery fine singing voices.