Image: Viktor Vasnetsov. Sirin and Alkonost – Birds of Joy and Sorrow, 1896. WikiArt.

I think I’m ready.

I think you are too

It’s a big day.

It is indeed.

So I have decided to try out on the man who walks past here each morning.

Good idea.

You wont leave me will you?

No my dear I will be right here.

Good.

It’s your first day, your first try out of the training you have been through.

I do like being a sirin.

You make an excellent sirin my dear.

I have worked hard; I know I’ve worked hard, all those sleepless nights, the hours of singing practice.

But don’t forget my dear all that practice means nothing without the allure.

The allure.

Yes remember it’s all about the allure.

Of course, lesson one, allure, suck em in first, then they are putty in your hands.

Exactly.

I hope I’ve picked the right song. You experienced sirins just sing and they salivate.

Yes and you will too but first up its good to have a little repertoire to fall back on.

And I worked hard on my repertoire.

I know we have all been so impressed.

You think ‘You’re the one that I want’ is the way to go.

Oh dear I think that will set him on fire but maybe not allure him.

Oh I see.

Something a little subtler I would say.

‘Gentle on my mind’?

Better.

‘I just called to say I love you’?

Maybe once you have him in your grasp.

‘Big Spender’?

How are you doing it?

Soft, big allure number, husky voice, melodic harmony just at the human allure level, he’ll melt on the spot, it’s a sure fire winner.

I like it my dear. Now where is this man?

There you see him?

I do. A bit old. A bit round. Perfect. Bring him home to paradise. Now remember we don’t look like them but I have it on authority if you pout and thrust your boobs forward you’ll certainly gain his attention. It’s a strange human characteristic among the males I am led to believe. What they see in them is beyond me, but if they work for you then as my mother used to say: ‘Flaunt them sweety flaunt them.’

Like this?

Yes, oh my you have been endowed with a useful set my dear, there’s enough allure in them to offset any false notes.

Start now?

One, two, three go strut your stuff.

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