ouch her.

    Oftentimes o  s;

    and o seize o ter as a seal

    mig day.  And eache

    sound of er to  was her

    voice t  s and his cunning, and had no care of

    .  Vermilion-finned and he

    tunnies  by in s .  his spear lay

    by s of plaited osier y.

    ited, and eyes dim  idle in

    and listened, listening till ts crept round he

    ained h silver.

    And one evening o tle Mermaid,

    little Mermaid, I love take me for thy bridegroom, for I

    love thee.

    But t a human soul, she

    ans send ahen could I

    love thee.

    And to  use is my soul to

    me?  I cannot see it.  I may not touc.  I do not kno.

    Surely I  away from me, and much gladness shall be

    mine.  And a cry of joy broke from anding up in

    ted boat,  o the Mermaid.  I will

    send my soul away, he cried, and you shall be my bride, and I

    he sea we will dwell

    toget t sung of t show me, and

    all t t I will do, nor shall our lives be divided.

    And ttle Mermaid laughed for pleasure and hid her face in her

    hands.

    But he young Fisherman.

    tell me , and lo! it shall be done.

    Alas!  I kno, said ttle Mermaid:  the Sea-folk have

    no souls.  And so tfully at

    him.

    No morning, before the span of a

    mans  to the house of

    t and knocked times at the door.

    t t, and w

    was, co er.

    And t do-

    smelling ruso t who was