I was a merman, a well known mythical being that not many believe in. I'd never seen a human before infact, seeing humans was forbidden in the underwater kingdom. One day, I got too close to a ship. The sailors threw a spear at my tail casuing me to fall unconscious and wash up on shore bloody,bruised and unconscious.

Luckily that day you were talking your morning stroll on the beach. You saw me, my head resting on a damp rock and my life slowly fading.I was in desperate need of help