The Captain Untied the Third Unconventional Knot

The woman led the fishermen to a warm, dry cabin. She asked them how they came to land in this place. The captain told her everything that had happened - except for untying the third knot on Old Man Alexander's kerchief. But he left out the part about untying the forbidden knot. Her green eyes sparkled more than ever. Their shimmer was like sunlight on the water. You'll never find any storms in the pastures of the queen of the sea. I've heard she keeps many fish there. All of them with glittering silver scales, but there too clever to be caught. That must be why Alexander had you untied the second knot, to lure those clever