"Can I go to the aquarium?"
"No."
"Please?"
"No."
"Why?"
"Because I said so."
"Why?"
"Because."
"That's not an answer."
"That's life."
"Well life is stupid." I ran away from my mom to go back to my room. I collapsed in the corner crying. I kept asking her to go nearly every day, but she still wouldn't let me go. I wanted to see the mermaid again. I drew a picture of her and wanted to show her. Well, I drew many pictures but still. I wanted to see her again.
My dad was mad at mom for letting me go to the aquarium in the first place. He said that it was just a hologram and that mom shouldn't be letting me believe nonsense.
What's wrong with nonsense? You can't have sense without nonsense every once in a while... right?
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Caged
Short StoryA young mergirl swam endlessly through the ocean, happy and carefree. One day, she saw a fishing boat. She approached it. When she was very close, she stuck her head out of the water. "Hello." The mergirl greeted the humans standing on the edge. T...
