"Sirena, there you are! I've been looking all over for you! Come, take this basket from your brother and fill it with breadfruit from auntie's. Hurry, come directly back. Don't swim!"
Oh, if I play only a moment, then it won't matter.
"A flock of birds, beckoning Sirena to play"
"Sirena was very afraid of the night spirits that might leap out of the river. She sped up the beach to her empty basket."
"Sirena was diving from a small rock when she looked up, the sun had disappeared behind the horizon, and dusk was coating the island."
Sirena! Shame, shame, shame on you! Careless, idle child! Your own sister of six can do better! Shame, Sirena! I had to walk over to your auntie's house myself for the breadfruit.
Sirena, if you ever go in the water again, you will become an ugly, fat fish.
No, please, no!
Oh, spirits in your haunts, hear me! Save Sirena! Let her not become a disgusting fish! Save her beautiful face and her joyful spirit! Let the power of this curse be dimmed! She is but a foolish child, help her!