stupid gravity
(a mermaid explores Eastern Neck Island)
That's me, Meredith, Meri for short.
I decided I wanted to explore the land, especially this place humans set aside as a wildlife refuge:
Eastern Neck Island.
I decided I wanted to explore the land, especially this place humans set aside as a wildlife refuge:
Eastern Neck Island.
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I want to chill on the beach...
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Get some snacks...
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Have a couple drinks...
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..hang out with my friends...
First I have to get to the beach...
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Coming... ashore... not... easy.
stupid gravity
We don't have gravity in the sea. We float. We fly.
We flip our fins and get pretty far despite whatever that cartoon character said.
And I still have my voice... who needs a stupid prince anyway.
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Fortunately I have friends: Kai and Genevieve.
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Stupid Gravity.
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I finally got the hang of riding a slippery and somewhat sparkly sea horse...
We headed down the boardwalk that goes over the marsh. You can't walk in the marsh, it's too wet, I can't swim there, not enough water. Even a kayak won't float; too much grass.
We headed down the boardwalk that goes over the marsh. You can't walk in the marsh, it's too wet, I can't swim there, not enough water. Even a kayak won't float; too much grass.
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The boardwalk goes over the marsh and into the woods. We saw these lovely twisty pine trees. The dark box with the window is so humans can watch birds and not disturb them.
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We went down another trail into the woods. The island isn't very far above the water, there's lots of water in the woods. Tastes fresh, Genevieve says, so it must be from the rain.
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I think I'm getting the hang of this...
Hey look, another beach!
Kai is bored.
"Let's go for a gallop." he says.
"Let's go for a gallop." he says.
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STUPID *&%@!!#*! GRAVITY!!!
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It's like riding the waves!
Now we'll go explore the island some more...
Most of the island's edges are marsh, walls of mud with cordgrass growing out of it. Some places there are little sandy beaches. We found this one with lots of oyster shells and Chester River pebbles rounded by the waves and tide and sand.
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Look what else we found...
Lots of driftwood on this beach, kind of mysterious and maybe a little scary...
Well, like they say on all the old nautical charts, here there be dragons...
So we hung out, roasted marshmallows, and watched the sun go down.
We found out gulls like to dance to mermaid songs.
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Time to go home...
where there is no gravity
no air, except Up
no color
and no fire
except when dragons make it.
where there is no gravity
no air, except Up
no color
and no fire
except when dragons make it.
