Short Short
Faith Scow
AP Language—Period 0
24 November 2014
Short Short
Mermaids
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful mermaid that lived in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Her name was Ella. Ella was always cold because the water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean were not as warm as the temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean. Also, the mermen were more suitable for her in the Atlantic. So it was decided, Ella would begin her journey to the Atlantic Ocean across the Panama Canal. But there was a problem, it was tourist season! The most dreaded time of year in Central America. Ella wondered how she could make it across safely with all of the boat traffic. She decided that she would take a chance and risk it for the biscuit. She was only ten feet through the canal and she could already feel the effects of the boat pollution in the water. Oil would stick to her luscious purple tail fin. She wasn’t sure if she would make it, and she slowly drifted into unconsciousness. When she wakes up 7 days later she find herself on the seaweed couch of a handsome merman. He was cooking a delicious meal. He made his way over and said in his sexy merman voice, “I made us breakfast.” Ella was impressed as she began to eat. She looked down at her plate and realized that it was another mermaid that she was eating! He was a cannibal and she was next. Ella was too startled to move, then she realized that she physically couldn’t. The merman must have paralyzed her so she couldn’t escape her inevitable fate. The last thing she saw was a trident, piercing her heart, which spewed out blood. The merman was not very smart in his killing and didn’t take into consideration his shark neighbors. They smelled the blood and rushed over. The sharks were horrified at the murder scene and ate the merman and took Ella to the healing eel where she was revived and lived happily ever after in the Atlantic Ocean with her shark friends. The End.
AP Language—Period 0
24 November 2014
Short Short
Mermaids
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful mermaid that lived in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Her name was Ella. Ella was always cold because the water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean were not as warm as the temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean. Also, the mermen were more suitable for her in the Atlantic. So it was decided, Ella would begin her journey to the Atlantic Ocean across the Panama Canal. But there was a problem, it was tourist season! The most dreaded time of year in Central America. Ella wondered how she could make it across safely with all of the boat traffic. She decided that she would take a chance and risk it for the biscuit. She was only ten feet through the canal and she could already feel the effects of the boat pollution in the water. Oil would stick to her luscious purple tail fin. She wasn’t sure if she would make it, and she slowly drifted into unconsciousness. When she wakes up 7 days later she find herself on the seaweed couch of a handsome merman. He was cooking a delicious meal. He made his way over and said in his sexy merman voice, “I made us breakfast.” Ella was impressed as she began to eat. She looked down at her plate and realized that it was another mermaid that she was eating! He was a cannibal and she was next. Ella was too startled to move, then she realized that she physically couldn’t. The merman must have paralyzed her so she couldn’t escape her inevitable fate. The last thing she saw was a trident, piercing her heart, which spewed out blood. The merman was not very smart in his killing and didn’t take into consideration his shark neighbors. They smelled the blood and rushed over. The sharks were horrified at the murder scene and ate the merman and took Ella to the healing eel where she was revived and lived happily ever after in the Atlantic Ocean with her shark friends. The End.