"Very good Karl. You're learning very quickly." The red-haired girl complemented, sounding thoroughly impressed. "Thank you Rachel." The statue responded with a smile, lowering the violin he was holding. "I'm surprised I've learned this quickly After all, you did say it was one of the hardest instruments to learn how to play." Karl said, looking the violin over with a curious expression before directing his gaze to his instructor. The woman laughed a bit at this, as if it were a joke.
"Well, you're obviously more adept at playing the violin than a human is." She said, making eye contact with Karl. The statue blinked and looked away in a
The Girl and the Kelpie: 2 by MandoHillBilly, literature
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The Girl and the Kelpie: 2
The Girl and the Kelpie
Part 2
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“Kill me!” I cried and threw myself at the beast. “Take me with you to the depths of the water!” I sobbed one last time.
Stories of the Kelpie were told to children in order to scare naughty or curious children into behaving more at home and to not wander off to places they shouldn’t. Kelpies were magical, transforming creatures that lived in the depths of dark lakes or rivers. They were said to take the figure of a beautiful horse, catching the eye of stragglers or greedy folk in order to try and lure them to their deaths. Kelpies, taking the image of a majestic horse like