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                Stewart Finlay-McLennan as Doctor Neil MacNeill

                     Telling the story of "The Silkie"

                            From the episode "The Eye of the Storm.



                                                                                           


It's only the Silkie, searching for his lost love! (Who?) The water spirit, God of
the Sea. You see Becky, before there was a Christian God, spirits ruled the
world. The Silkie was a half man and half fish, with, long flowing hair of
seaweed and a big fish tail, that could churn the ocean with foam when he was
angry. 

But the Silkie was lonely. He was half man, so he couldn't marry a fish. And he
was half fish, so he couldn't marry a woman. But then one day, a beautiful girl,
with big blue eyes, just like yours, was shipwrecked on his island. And as the
Silkie pulled her from the waves, he fell instantly in love. And when the girl
opened her eyes, she too fell in love with the Silkie. And so they were married.
(And they lived happy ever after?) Alas, they did not! 

The girl's people searched and searched until they found her on the Silkie's
island. And they insisted that she come home with them. She cried and cried,
but there was no use, so they sailed away. And the Silkie was alone again.
(Poor Silkie!) 

The Silkie missed his love so much, that he raged and cursed and swept the sea
with terrible storms. (Like this one?) Much, much worse! The waves were
hundreds of feet high and the clouds were black as coal and miles across. 

But nothing he could do could bring back his lost love. So the Silkie's brother,
spirit of the sky, took pity on him and created lightning, so that every time the
Silkie would rage and churn the sea, his brother would light the way to his lost
love. (Did he ever find her?) 

No, he did not! And you can see by the lightning that he still searches to this
very day! 

                                           The End.