
28/08/2025
"Mermaid Found a Baby Floating in the River and Refused to Return Him"
Episode 1
The cry should never have reached her.
But it did.
And the moment the mermaid heard it… her world changed.
She had lived in the river for many years—alone, silent, and unseen. The people who used to sing stories about her had long forgotten. To them, she was just a myth.
But that night, under the full moon, something broke the silence.
A baby was crying.
Not a fish. Not a bird. A human baby.
The mermaid’s eyes opened wide in the deep water. Her long dark hair flowed behind her, and her shimmering tail flicked as she swam upward, fast.
The cry was soft, but filled with pain. Like someone too small to fight, too young to understand.
And when the mermaid reached the surface, she saw him.
A tiny baby.
Floating in the river. Wrapped in a thin, wet cloth. His arms shaking. His face red from crying.
There was no one else around.
No boat.
No mother.
No name.
Just a baby… left to die.
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The mermaid's heart jumped.
She had not held a child in a long, long time.
Not since she lost her own baby to the sea.
Back then, she had screamed into the ocean until her voice disappeared.
She had searched the waves for days.
But the sea never returned her child.
That was the day her heart broke.
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Now, another baby was floating.
And the river—**the same river that swallowed her joy years ago—**was giving her this one.
Without thinking, she reached for the child.
He was cold. Weak. His little chest rising and falling like a tired bird.
The moment she pulled him to her chest, something strange happened.
He stopped crying.
He looked at her.
Not with fear.
But with trust.
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The mermaid held him close.
His tiny fingers grabbed the edge of her shell necklace, and she felt something stir inside her chest—a feeling she had buried deep for many years.
Love.
Real love.
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She swam to a quiet place