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