The enemy of my enemy is my friend
We survive the drama of the ripped hang-nail and a micro bead of blood. His wounded hand hides in his pulled down sleeve for protection, as his other hand crushes the blood flow.
“Which are you be likin betterer?”
“What’s my choice?”
“Anna….annanem….ammanemoni!”
“Anemones, the flowers?”
“Dey are be lookin like flowers but they are being dah sea creatures.”
“Oh. Of course you’re right, Anemones are animals.”
“So?”
“Hmm?”
“Which are you likin betterer?”
“Anemones or what, what am I choosing between?”
“Nude….nude…. Nudibranchs.”
“Fancy you remembering Nudibranchs! The enemy of all free thinking Anemones.”
“They are predators.”
“So I’m choosing between Anemones and Nudibranchs?”
“Right.”
“I think I prefer Anemones to Nudibranchs.”
“Good.”
“Why?”
“Coz then you are on the right side.”
“The right side of what?”
“You’re one of the good guys.”
“I am?”
“Yes.”
“Why am I one of the good guys?”
“Coz Nudibranchs are dah enemy, predators.”
“Anemones are beautiful. Did you know they’re called the flowers of the sea? Such lovely colors. I can see why you like them. You’ve always had a fondness for flowers.”
“!”
“You still love flowers, right?”
“I love Daisy flowers but I like Anemones because they’re invertebrates and…..”
“Yes?”
His face glowers as he growls, Boris Karloff style, “ and they’ve vicious carnivores,”.
“!”
He releases the grip on his hand so that the fingers can wiggle free from the fabric. He examines the damage to the digit closely, without the use of a microscope,
“and if they lose a tentacle, they can grow a new one.”
January 25th, 2010 at 2:24 am
What is it with boys and the gory stuff? They just love it!! V funny conversation, how did you keep a straight face?? Jen.
January 25th, 2010 at 2:50 am
Wouldn’t it marvellous to get inside their heads?!
CJ xx
January 25th, 2010 at 8:51 am
I love how his brain works. I do, I do…
January 25th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
He’s right, though. How often predators are portrayed as the bad guys? Bambi, The American Tail, The Land Before Time…and plenty more, but those are the ones that come to mind the quickest. In kids stories with animals, predators are almost always the bad guys, unless they’re not predators at all.
January 27th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Oh my! I hope his tentacle is feeling better now.
January 31st, 2010 at 10:39 pm
LOL! Oh those evil nudibranchs! Just had to pop in and say howdy — so glad I did, best giggle I’ve had all day, Maddy
~Michelle
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