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If at times, Solanna's mind took her to the watery cave of her own childhood

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with her seal mother covering [br]her on the dark ledge

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and the mermaids and seahorses [br]talking softly among themselves,

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she never spoke of it[br]to Red Brian or anyone

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and in this way, seven years passed[br]and the baby grew to a fine green-eyed boy

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with silky hair and his mother's way [br]of looking off into the distance

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and her gift for singing.