Has it been a week? Christ! I’ve barely had time to get out of my chair Rochelle and yet you are still here, marshalling the troops to Fictionopia (a good place) Can’t recall what I’ve been upto, suffice to say I’m off to Norfolk at the weekend and we came third in the pub quiz on Sunday, purely because I forgot that cricket is apparently the national game of England and Scotland isn’t a country (who knew) according to a bloke who happened to be running the quiz. Hey ho, thinking caps on…Story with a narrative in under 100 words on the picture below.
On My Marks…
Get Set…
GO!!!
He didn’t mean to fall in love with a mermaid; well, a manatee really. He gobbled up ridiculous conspiracies for breakfast.
He visited the Lagoon Stranded Manatee daily; feeding her assorted vegetation, acorns, liquorice, whatever; whilst he read Sonnets from the shore.
“I’ll move her into the house and create a family with her.”
His landlord was understanderbly shocked but shockingly understanding; Mermaids didn’t often appear on an Assured Shorthand Tenancy.
The Manatee never saw the study decoration, but yielded to his insistence she wore a dress “home”.
Sadly the Manatee choked on sawdust in the back of his Toyota Pick-up.
There we go, a story of slightly unwise love in 100 words. Enjoy
The Count Of North Clifton 
It would never have lasted anyway
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Ouch! I have a doubt. Did she agree to go ‘home’ with him. It seems like a case of kidnapping.
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I’d say you’re absolutely correct, she was a mananatee, probably couldn’t chat much
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ah, I’m not sure the manatee was entirely consenting in this arrangement. A sad story of how destructive men’s passions can be
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Doomed from the start, I’m thinking. Anyone who looks at a sea cow and seas a mermaid has some major issues!
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I think they used to be regarded as mermaids hundreds of years ago..maybe… or maybe I had one too many glasses of wine!
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🙂
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Seems like it was ill-advised from the start. Well done.
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Dear Shrawley,
I agree with other comments. This relationship was doomed from the start. Perhaps he should’ve moved closer to the sea. Ah well, we’ll never know. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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It was never going to work, I can’t imagine keeping the love of my life in a bucket of water.
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He just couldn’t let well enough alone.
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Haha. What a quirky story. Definitely a story of ‘slightly unwise love’. And I hope he cleans up his Toyota before he tries again.
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