Nikko and the Merman

Nikko looked up the beach and saw a large fish tail weakly flapping by a sand dune. He ran towards it, thinking to haul the great creature back into the waters. He stopped dead in his tracks when he crested the mound that had hidden the beast and saw that it was half-fish and half-man. He stared, awestruck, at the legend made real; a merman about nine feet long with a scaly tail that was a soft sea-foam green. The creature’s torso was beautifully formed, muscular, pale, and hairless, with gills at the ribs. There were delicate, paper-thin fins on its forearms. Nikko saw that the weak morning sun had already blistered the creature’s delicate skin. He stood there, frozen in his amazement, contemplating the creature’s face, entranced by its immense beauty. The creature had long black curly hair and full red lips. It weakly opened its eyes and returned Nikko’s gaze.He staggered to the water’s edge with his heavy burden and waded in, chest high. He stared at the merman in his arms and softly pleaded, “Please, I’m so lonely...just speak a word to me so that I might hear the voice of another soul. Please , just a single word...” He wept and the creature feebly struggled against him; Nikko forced his arms to open and he released the merman. It quickly swam away and Nikko’s heart hurt.

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