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MERMAN AND MERMAID.

(Grand Operatic Phantasmagoria)

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Act II — Scene 1.

(Duet)

(Fifteen years later)

(In the Submarine Garden. Rocks and ancient sea shell castles shine with bright colors. There are twenty children, Mermen and Mermaids, playing games and feasting.)

FLEEHION.

Owondlo thou hast charms
To 'witch the sea life.
For all these years
I've been thy faithful wife.
Thou hast protected us
From countless dangers thus,
And yet thou no one harms.
Whil'st caves and sunken vessels
Have been our homes of pleasure,
I fancy now some curious Nymph
Prowling round the vessel's treasure.

OWONDLO.

What sayeth thou?
I've seen no Nymphs around
Not since I spied them
Before I severed the fish
With the sword I loaned.
Brought you to life
For my companion.

FLEEHION.

(Mermen and Mermaids in frolic)

Perhaps no danger will come.

OWONDLO.

Who knows the mystery of the sea?

FLEEHION.

Perhaps King Neptune!