The Storyteller: The Legend of the Sea Dragon

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Second Birthday

Sen stood with her possum fur cloak hanging from her shoulders and puddling on the sand at her feet. The sailcloth above her flapped a little in the wind, but it was the rain that held her attention. She had never seen anything like it, endless, splashing droplets of sea spray falling from the sky for what seemed like hours and hours. The sea was dark, steely grey and blended into the heavy clouds on the horizon. The whole world must be like this now, even way up in the sky. Everything was water.

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