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Irene and the seal
by Evie, Marie-Hélèn and Olga
Once upon a time, in a very strange land, in a place called Europa,
a young girl lived with her family.
The whole country was close to the sea and everyone on this land
loved the sea, the beach and kept enjoying seashore activities.
Most people worked on the sea and this was a sailor’s place.
Absolutely everyone had to own a boat, however tiny it was.
One day, Irene, our beautiful and long-haired young girl, decided to
go for a walk with her two brothers. Walking toward the sea, she
almost fell down, as she stumbled on an old dirty and sandy
hairbrush. Even though this hairbrush was not very attractive, she
felt drawn to it and picked it up.
Her brothers believed she had lost her mind and looked at the
‘thing’ with disgust. She cleaned it into the sea water and started to
brush her hair as if she had never had a hairbrush before. They did
not dare say anything, because they knew she was a sensitive but
eccentric person and they respected her decisions, as she had a
mind of her own and would have hated to be told off by her younger
brothers.
After that day, Irene used to take a morning walk at the seaside,
almost every day. But it wasn’t a usual walk. She walked up and
down the seashore and brushed her long blonde hair with the old
hairbrush, looking at the sea, as if she was expecting something.
The strange thing was that the hairbrush was becoming like new,
with a strange shine and Irene’s hair was getting like pure gold.
Irene’s brothers were anxious about her weird behaviour and her
“magic” hairbrush.
One day, she brushed her hair at home, wore her best dress, even
perfumed herself and left for her usual itinerary at the seashore. But
today she left the hairbrush at home! Her brothers saw her different
“preparation” and they secretly followed her.
When she arrived at the beach, she didn’t walk up and down as
usual. She sat down at the seashore, looking at the little calm
waves, staring at the horizon. She seemed as if she was waiting for
somebody. And suddenly a little seal showed, crying and trying to
reach the beach. The seal’s crying seemed like a lament. Irene
stood up, worrying about the seal’s effort to reach the beach. She
ignored her best dress, she dived at the sea, swimming toward the
seal. After little, she reached the crying seal, she enfolded him and
she helped him swim along to the beach. They reached the
seashore, swimming together and Irene carried the seal out of the
sea.
He was bleeding and he was obviously seriously injured. She didn’t
hesitate not even for a minute. She was going to take the seal
home and take care of him until he got well. Her brothers were
watching speechless. They watched her carrying the bleeding seal
at home, ignoring the fact that her best dress was ruined, full of
seal’s blood, and she was cold and wet.
She arrived home and put the seal to her bed! She cleaned his
wounds, taking care of his injuries.
Although the seal’s wounds seemed to get well, the seal seemed to
have serious pain.
She decided to give him some painkillers to calm and relieve him.
She tried to give him medicines with her silver spoon. Her mother
used to give her and her brothers medicines with it, whenever they
got ill. From her early childhood that silver spoon was magic and
“healing” every pain. It was her mother’s love and caring that was
healing them, but now that she has passed away, the silver spoon
was a healing memory that could help the seal too.
The seal seemed to enjoy the care Irene was offering. He accepted
the painkillers, the warm food and the comfort that the young girl
was offering. Day by day he was getting well, until he was totally
recovered.
Irene realised that the seal was finally totally alright and he needed
his genuine habitat. Although she had great time with him at home
and he became a best friend she never had, she had to take him
back to the beach.
They greeted each other with tears in their eyes. The seal started to
enter into the sea, looking back at her. He unwillingly dived in the
water, got out again, cried out to Irene.
Suddenly she was attracted by a phosphorescent shell, shining
in the waves. She took it, stroked it and showed it to the seal but...
at his place she saw a very handsome young man! The shell had
been like the Aladdin lamp!!!
The Prince got out of the sea and approached Irene with a big
warm smile on his face. “What can I do to thank you? Nothing
seems enough! You healed my wounds, you took care of me, you
shared your home, your bed, your food with me, being a filthy seal!
And now you released me from the magic spell that had
transformed me into a seal! I am a human again! Free from spell!
How can I thank you enough?”
Irene watched him speechless as if she was spelled! How
handsome he was! She could not get her eyes away from him, nor
he could! They were keeping staring at each other, sharing feelings
and thoughts! They were obviously in love, stroke by a deep love at
first sight! They kissed. Suddenly he knelt and...“Marry me Irene, be
the queen of my heart and my kingdom”. Irene couldn’t believe it!
She accepted and after a few days they married on the beach
which had made possible this miracle! Everybody was happy, even
Irene’s brothers. They didn’t think that she was weird anymore! Now
she was a princess happily married to a handsome prince, with
whom they lived happily ever after!