STORY VI :: MY GIRL WAS A MERMAID.

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“Sir, do mermaids really exist?” one of my little pupil asked while I'm reading a textbook.

“Why’d you ask, little kid?”

“Sabi po kasi ng mommy ko, hindi totoo ang mermaid,” she answered.

“Let me tell you a story, sit down,”

I’m an adviser of the grade 1 pupils, masaya ako sa pinagkaka-abalahan ko ngayon, pero ’di ko maiwasang isipin ang naging rason kung bakit ako naging guro.
“Mermaids do exist,” confusion and amusement were visible in their faces from my statement

“Do you seen any of them sir?” Anthea asked, she’s the girl asked me about the mermaids.

“Yes,”

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Narito ako sa dalampasigan, masyado akong maraming iniisip at sa tingin ko’y magiging maayos ang pakiramdam ko kapag tumambay ako rito.

“Hi,” I heard a voice, sinubukan kung hanapin ang boses ngunit ’di ko talaga ito mahanap.

“Sa tubig,” I heard again, so I look at the water and I saw a floating woman.. with a fish tail?

Hindi normal ang ganda niya, sa sobrang ganda niya sumang-ayon ang mga nagkikintabang mga perlas na suot niya.

I almost forgot her tail because of her features.

“S-Sirena ka?” nauutal kung wika.

“Shh. bawal kaming makipagkita sa tao,”

“Pero lalabag ako kasi mukhang malungkot ka,” she smiled while smiling innocently.

Amusement and nervousness came.

“T-Teka totoo kaba?” I asked, baka kasi nananaginip lang ako ’di ba?

She laughed, I don’t know what happen but her laugh made my heart beats faster. Lalo siyang gumanda sa sayang nakikita ko sakanya.

“Totoo ako, tara doon sa mayroong bato gusto kong umahon,” turo niya roon sa may batuhang ’di kalayuan sa ’min.

I just nodded and get up, she swim and I saw her tail beautifully.

I don’t know, but I found myself trusting her.. risking everything.
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“Bakit ka nga pala narito?” she asked while we’re here looking at the clouds.

“Wala naman, gusto kolang mag.. isip-isip. ikaw ba?”

“Gusto kong makakita ng tao, kaya lagi akong pumupunta rito kahit hindi kami puwedeng magpakita sakanila,” she answered.

“Pero nagpakita ka sa ’kin?”

“Mukha ka namang mabait eh,” she smiled again.

I smiled to her response, hindi ko alam pero mayroon nararamdaman akong kakaiba sakaniya. Sobrang gaan ng loob ko sakaniya ng dahil sakaniya kahit papaano nakapagpahinga ako.

After that day, panay na ’kong dumadaraan sa dagat para lang masilayan siya. Lagi rin siyang naroon para hintayin ako. Hindi ko alam pero nasisiyahan ako sa presensya niya kapag kasama ko siya.

“Hoy! Dali, langoy tayo!” she welcomed me with her shiny tail flapping into the water.

Kanina nina pa ako niyayayang maligo ngunit wala akong damit pamalit.

“Ikaw na lang,”

“Lagi naman akong narito, samahan mo na ako,” she kept on inviting me to swim with her.

Ang hirap niya tanggihan, kaya wala akong choice kung ’di sumama sakaniya’t  magtampisaw.

“May pangarap ka ba?” she asked me while we’re here inside a cave, facing the ocean sitting. it was a hidden and there’s this one shipwreck that’s old and obviously broken.

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