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They sat
together and watched the mermaids and mermans
as they came closer as if trying to talk to
them. They were looking right at them with
their eyes. It was mesmerizing, to say the
least. Julio almost forgot to cover up his
frogs up.
The blue and purple iridescent stars were coming
out now, amid the black and purple sky. Granma
was over in the trees tying up fishing net lines
to make a fence. The trees were perfect for posts.
She made them a pen as big as she could with
two strands of fish net rope. In the darkness,
the net lines looked even more white. The mice
and rats were all standing around underneath
the fence trying to figure out what it was for.
They shrugged their little shoulders and went
to Felipe to be paid. Then she untied the horses
from their trees and put them in their 'pen'.
The horses were spoofed thinking the white cord
was an electric fence. HA! Wahoo! They ran around
kicking up and bucking, then rolling in the tall
patches of yummy grass that came almost to their
knees. The mice and rats stayed for cheese and
crackers with some wine around the bonfire. They
drank out of acorn caps. By the way, the marshmallows
went over really well. Even the little mice & rats
tried some, getting marshmallows all smeared
in their whiskers. Then J put some jelly beans
on sticks, but they melted into puddles and fell
off into the fire. Ooops!
It was such an extraordinary, magical place:
the music, the wonderful, talking animals, their
full tummies. G was beginning to think it was
gonna’ be hard to leave. She looked over at J & Simeon
sitting together looking into the water. How
nice. Everything was just so dang nice here.
It was gonna be hard to say goodbye.
Rats and mice started leaving with little bows
to the ground and some squeaky and gruff thank
yous in Spanish. Birds went off to their perches
in the trees. For Simeon, the penguins had bent
some willow branches into an arch, and covered
them with material, so it looked quite like a
tent in Earthworld. The four flamingoes were
stationed, two on each side of the opening, like
bodyguards, their necklaces sparkling, reflecting
the blue of the stars. G & J had their hammock
strung up near the horses between avacado trees.
A penguin, handy, chipper little guys that they
were, always thinking of everything, had gone
back up to the ship and carried down blankies
for G & J. They were as cozy as two bugs
in a rug, floating, suspended in their hammock,
as the music carried on most of the night.
J whispered as if talking in his sleep saying "What
if an avocado drops on our heads?" and then
he was fast asleep. He hadn’t even told G about
the mermaids and mermans yet. Oh well, tomorrow
was another day, as Granma drifted off to sleep
too, waltzing to the mandolin.
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