Who is this? Macrae thought as she stepped forward, ever cautious. She had never seen a child like this. She looked like she had seaweed in her hair. Her skin was a warm brown. She was asleep... She - She was naked!
Macrae acted at once, ripping off her own woolen shawl and dropping it on the huddled girl on the sand in front of her. She's so thin, the girl worried.
Suddenly inspired, Macrae ran back home. She didn't tell anyone where she had been. She didn't explain to anyone why she was filling her basket with as much as she could. She didn't tell anyone she was running back to the ocean to help.
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The Maid and The Selkie
Short StoryMacrae finds a strange child on the sand. Elspeth finds her preconceptions are not as true as fact. They find friends in each other, and want to keep that love forever. Cover made with www.canva.com
