She clasped the skeleton tightly in her arms. Green dust expelled from the skeleton's bones and she collected all the green particles into the tiny jar. The skeleton suddenly woke up and began to dance the waltz with the mermaid.
'Where am I?' asked the skeleton.
'At the bottom of the sea... Your vessel sank many years ago', the mermaid replied.
'How long have I been down here?'
'I'm not sure.'
'I can't remember my name,' sighed the skeleton.
'You do not need to remember who you were down here. You shall be my eternal companion; we will live together in the depth of the see and all that I desire you shall do for me. Nothing can divide us. Come now, soon I will teach you to swim,' promised the mermaid.
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סיפור קצרThis is a modern age fairytale about an unexpected couple. She's a lonely mermaid who is just trying to find love and he's a skeleton haunted by his past. She doesn't know how to love and he thinks that he can never love again. Sometimes you just ha...
