Fairy Tales & Folklore
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The storm threw down a curtain of rain.
"FINN!" screamed Sheila as she lost sight of him.
In heaving swells, Finn's boat floundered. The wind howled, freezing his hands. The rain became blinding sleet. "Which way?" he cried.
On the beach, Sheila sang, "Eeeeiiiiii, eeeeiiiiii." A magic song. A seal song.
The piercing notes reached Finn. He rowed toward her voice, but the wind shifted.
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At noon, they saw a hairy black spider at the side of the road.
The little hen pulled in the reins. "Halt! Stop!" she called.
The wagon stopped beside the spider.
