“What makes you so vain, Mary’s little lamb? Four legs and a tail? You are cared for, because you provide warmth, and satisfy hunger. Mary was never your friend, and never will be. Trust will lead to the end of your existence, as merciless humans shave you away, till they reach the innermost layers of your being.
They see the form, not the soul. They worship the exotic, they worship mystery, they worship beauty. I have concealed my form beneath the long gown. Watch how my deception succeeds, and your loyalty fails…”
So said the mermaid in a child’s disguise.
Inspired by Jane Dougherty’s Sunday Strange Microfiction Challenge-5
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Curiouser and curiouser 🙂 That is a very strange story as was to be expected. I’d never have thought of a mermaid! Good one 🙂
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Princess Charlotte was the first I saw, wearing a gown longer than herself. This kid was next 😁
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I think christening gowns were traditionally like that—maybe so they could double as shrouds if the baby died, as they often did. Grisly but practical 🙂
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Oh, my God! I did not know this.
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I don’t know either, just speculating. But it would make sense…
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