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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.86,0:00:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asking it in a high solitary voice \Nto protect her baby calf
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.58,0:00:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from all the harm that can \Nbe visited upon young seals.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.11,0:00:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the sea must not have heard
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.81,0:00:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Solanna the Elder singing\Nfor her daughter's safety
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.19,0:00:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because one day \Nsomething terrible happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.02,0:00:50.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It happened like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.45,0:00:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Solanna the Elder had always \Nwarned Solanna the Younger
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.01,0:00:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the many dangers \Nthat lay ahead.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.77,0:01:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She warned her not to swim too close \Nto sharks and Solanna obeyed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.52,0:01:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She warned her about \Nthe people from the earth
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.51,0:01:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who came with clubs and guns and nets \Nto harm and sometimes kill young seals.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.98,0:01:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She warned Solanna the Younger
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.58,0:01:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about never going up to a sandy beach \Nwhen the tide is about to turn.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.75,0:01:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why?" asked Solanna the Younger.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.72,0:01:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Because," said Solanna the Elder, \N"if you are on a beach and the tide is turning,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.83,0:01:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will lose your sealskin \Nand be trapped on the earth
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.78,0:01:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I will not know you \Nwithout your sealskin.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.49,0:01:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because I will not know you, \NI will not be able to save you."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.50,0:01:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But why?" said Solanna the Younger,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.04,0:01:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was used to being \Nsaved by her mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.30,0:01:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Solanna the Elder \Nlooked at the baby seal
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.64,0:01:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wondered should she tell her what \Nhappens to seals who lose their skins.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.16,0:01:57.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She decided she would.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.79,0:02:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you should ever lose your skin, \Nyou will become a seal maiden."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.36,0:02:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What's a seal maiden?" \Nsaid Solanna the Younger.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.72,0:02:08.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She thought she might \Nlike to be a seal maiden.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.45,0:02:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It sounded very important.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.41,0:02:14.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A seal maiden," \Nsaid Solanna the Elder,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.99,0:02:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"is a seal trapped in a girl's body. \NThe earth is full of seal maidens.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.67,0:02:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seals who didn't obey their mothers
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.94,0:02:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and went up on sandy beaches \Nwhen the tide was turning.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.76,0:02:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can tell them by their eyes \Nand their high voices
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.64,0:02:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the slow way they walk
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.89,0:02:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the way they look at the sea \Nin the moonlight.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.92,0:02:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't become a seal maiden, Solanna. \NPromise me now you won't."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.84,0:02:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I won't," said Solanna,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.02,0:02:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she meant to obey \Nher mother always,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.18,0:02:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not become a seal maiden.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.94,0:02:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But secretly, the idea of being \Na seal maiden took hold of her
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.25,0:02:58.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until one day, Solanna the Elder \Nwas out hunting,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.71,0:03:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ripping nets to get at a catch \Nof big juicy salmon for the dinner
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.01,0:03:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Solanna the Younger \Nwas left to entertain herself.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.60,0:03:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She swam up to a sandy beach.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.16,0:03:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She didn't mean to go ashore
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.14,0:03:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a big wave came from behind \Nand washed her up.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.01,0:03:27.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Straight away she forgot her promise\Nto her mother and began rolling in the sand.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.35,0:03:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After a while, she got bored with that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.93,0:03:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and dragged a rope of seaweed \Nalong with her teeth.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.78,0:03:36.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then she had a chat \Nwith a flock of seagulls
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.85,0:03:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after that there were \Nthe starlings to annoy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.40,0:03:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When she got tired of them, she sang \Na few songs to pass the time.