Night, the young man was lying in his cabin. The sea was a little stormy and sleep never came despite the busy day.Getting up in bed, the cabin boy pulled his boots on his feet and walked from the cabin onto the deck. When he arrived, he saw a small group of pirates pulling out nets, it looked like they had caught something big, because it took the strength of more than one person.When the pirates pulled out the nets onto the deck, they rejoiced, and he looked at the nets in shock. There was a mermaid sitting in them! A real mermaid!

—Bring the monster to the cargo hold, I’m sure for such a product they will pay a lot of gold!the captain ordered and the mermaid, entangled in the nets, was quickly taken away, because of which Lololoshka could not see the monster better

the next day, as always, on the captain’s orders, he scrubbed the deck. Of course, some stains could no longer be washed off, but who would argue with the captain?Suddenly, someone approached him from behind, it was the captain. With surprise for Lololoshka, the captain informed him that now he would keep an eye on the mermaid so that the goods would be well preserved for sale.Lololoshka could not refuse and the captain quickly agreed and left.

In the evening, Lololoshka walked to the cargo compartment with a bucket of kelp leaves. When he entered, he saw a mermaid sitting in a small wooden basin