Siren's Song

Zed Krüger

The catch of the day makes a man question if fairytales are real when the siren he caught reveals a secret of his past.

SIREN'S SONG Just off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, a small fishertown resides, Meerminbaai (Mermaidbay) named mostly for when the sunrays catches the coral reef the water lights up in a spectrum of colors. BAREND ROOS, around mid twenties, light hairedman finds himself in the family business of catching abalone and selling them at the highest prices. His father, KRISTOFF ROOS, around late sixties, greying widower tries to convince his son that they should spend some time together. Barend does not believe in being social, growing up without a mother he never really connected with his father. Barend makes up an excuse why he doesn't want to go out to sea today. ANGELIQUE DU PREEZ, a early twenties, dark haired girl is one of Kristoff's newest recruits as one of Barend's life long friends even she can't convince him to go out to sea, she brushes it off as Barend not wanting to be around people. Angelique says: "Don't judge a book by it's cover, Barend!" But what they don't understand is that Barend struggles to communicate properly with others. THABO SIMENYA, late fifties, grey haired man, the first mate to Kristoff's crew pulls Barend to the side and tells him: "There are wonders and dangers out there, but Kristoff doesn't heed the warning and it will be the end of him." Barend hurries away from Thabo.

Drama

109 pages