Lurchin' Urchin

 Photo by rigel on Unsplash

Prompts = Curse, Shelf, Plant

Near the edge of the continental shelf, a small unassuming creature had an idea. What if, instead of moving along the seabed, you could fling yourself through the water.

Its first attempts were awkward and drew the laughter of its community. ‘Hey! Lurchin’ Urchin! Swimming’s for fish! Stop goofing off and plant yourself on the ground!’

‘Why should we crawl when instead we could swim! Why accept the curse of our tiny feet when we could jet through the water like eels! Why… ah…ah… ah… choo!!!’

The sneeze shot it backwards three metres.

‘Ooooh — cool’, said his former detractors.

I mentioned another story in the video below. It was “FauxKea”. Here’s the link.

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And a link to where my Lovely Lady Love (who also operates the camera) posts her art: https://www.youtube.com/user/recyclinggoddess

Settle, Curse, Oblique

“Hey Catfish.”

“Hey Zebrafish.”

“What’s happenin’?”

“Storm creamed visibility. Waitin’ here for things to settle.”

“Nice cave.”

“Thanks.”

“You sure you ain’t hidin’? Dogfish is tellin’ everyone you owe him sand dollars.”

“And you believe that dull-eyed, salivatin’ moron?”

“Nah. I believe the octopus who made an oblique reference to you, a gamblin’ problem, and a certain creditor.”

“It’s a horrible addiction, a curse. But it was a sure bet! A Great White knocked out by a snail? He threw the fight.”

“Nah. It was an Assassin Snail. They’re nasty buggers.”

“A snail? C’mon!”

“Look out - Dogfish is comin’.”