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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He spent all his time at the shore\Nas his mother had before him
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.09,0:00:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the seal maiden would look out \Nat him from the cottage
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.18,0:00:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be afraid that something beyond her \Npower was going to take him from her.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.38,0:00:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And something did.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.49,0:00:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was on a hot afternoon \Nand the seal maiden lay asleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.34,0:00:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The boy played on the floor \Nbeside her for a while
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.50,0:00:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then, growing bored, began to search \Nunder the seal maiden's bed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.88,0:00:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for some new thing to entertain him.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.85,0:00:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, he only found seashells \Nand an old fishing net.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.88,0:00:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He played with these for a while,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.46,0:01:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pretending he was some beautiful fish \Ntrapped in a web at the bottom of the sea.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.20,0:01:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wriggled and rolled in the net \Nright under his mother's bed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.33,0:01:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until a sack fell out \Nfrom the boards of the bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.53,0:01:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course he opened it
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.26,0:01:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and found a white skin \Nof the softest thread and skin.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.41,0:01:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wasn't surprised at finding it. \NIt seemed familiar.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.99,0:01:24.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when he put it on, it fitted perfectly.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.19,0:01:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when he looked at himself \Nin his mother's looking glass,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.44,0:01:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the first time he recognised himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.68,0:01:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So this is who I really am!" the boy said,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.45,0:01:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,smiling at the white seal \Nwho smiled back at him.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.65,0:01:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as every creature will \Nsooner or later obey its nature,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.48,0:01:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seal boy obeyed his \Nand ran for the waves.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.69,0:01:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The seal maiden woke with a cry on her lips, \Nsaw the empty sack on the bed beside her,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.96,0:01:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and raced to the shore
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.68,0:01:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just in time to see the \Nsleek, white neck of her son
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.23,0:02:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dive beneath a high, grey wave.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.86,0:02:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Red Brian came in \Nfrom the sea that evening,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.61,0:02:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the seal maiden told him the boy \Nhad disappeared into the waves,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.52,0:02:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Red Brian keeled over in a faint.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.30,0:02:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He woke sobbing three hours later.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.14,0:02:49.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The seal maiden tried to comfort him,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.35,0:02:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,told him the boy wasn't lost, \Nhad only discovered his sealskin,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.64,0:02:58.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and made away with it \Ninto the wide, cold sea.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.31,0:03:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Red Brian told her to stop raving. \NThe boy was lost, drowned.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.78,0:03:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A seven year old child could \Nnot fight those Atlantic breakers.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.43,0:03:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They both walked out to the shore,\NRed Brian looking for the body of his son,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.55,0:03:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seal maiden straining \Nfor a glimpse of wet, white fur.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.81,0:03:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Neither saw any sign of him.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.72,0:03:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things were quiet in \Nthat house for a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.23,0:03:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, something marvelous happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.21,0:03:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was one of those nights \Nwhere the moon has the sky to herself
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.18,0:03:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she highsteps across it\Nto some inaudible moon music.