The young men would listen with their hands
in their pockets and their lips slightly parted
as if they could kiss the song
and in so doing kiss the seal maiden.
What they loved most about her was
she didn't seem to notice them,
for not to be noticed is the one
sure thing to set a young aflame.
One who had looked at her
and had loved her from afar
for the longest time was
Red Brian, a young fisherman.
From the first moment he saw
the seal maiden, he was enchanted.
So, it was no surprise when one night
he leapt over the dunes and pulled her to him
and she didn't push him away.
Far from it. She had
noticed him too for a while
and was only waiting
for him to make the first move.
He came across the sand
towards her singing of love
and like countless young women before her,
the seal maiden could not resist him.