#Mermay day 20 Agneta and The Sea King

For seven years Agneta was the wife of the sea king and in that time gave birth to seven sons. All seven were like their father, and had the same big, dark eyes. The youngest was still in the cradle.

One Sunday morning, Agneta stood at the reed cradle and sang for the little one while the other children were outside playing among the waves. She did not know it was Sunday, for all the days, all the years had become the same. But now she distinctly heard the sound of bells - "ding, dong, ding, dong"- reaching to the very bottom of the lake. She lifted her head and listened.

"Those are bells!" Agneta thought. "I have heard those before… but where?"