MERMAN AND MERMAID.
(Grand Operatic Phantasmagoria)
ONE PARENT.
(Soprano)
Bosh, bosh, nonsense,
In this spiritual world
We cannot be deceived.
ONE PARENT.
(Contralto)
Quite right art thou.
(Owondlo and Fleehion awaken)
OWONDLO.
Dear Fleehion, I dreamt I heard familiar voices.
FLEEHION.
'Tis perhaps an illusion
Or joyful dream.
Perhaps the spirits
Had gathered around
Planning their secrets.
(Owondlo and Fleehion are amazed ; they see their parents [spirits] through an opening in the vapor walls. All stare at each other as if dumfounded.)
THEIR PARENTS.
My son, my daughter,
How came you here?
OWONDLO AND FLEEHION.
Through a ship that sunk
To the ocean's bed,
Where curious fish
Had lain await
And swallowed us for bait.
Yes swallowed us for bait.
The almighty Creator
Spared our life,
Transformed us in
The living sea.
