“You find me attractive?” The mermaid asked the derelict sailor.
“Absolutely.” He nodded. “Don’t you agree?”
She frowned. “No merman did.”
It seemed impossible. “Why?” he asked.
“My figure,” she said. “I’m not streamlined.”
“Is that why humans only ever see mermaids with curvaceous figures?”
“We go where we’re appreciated.”
This story earned an Honourable Mention, with a $10 prize, in the Mere 50 Words contest.
50 WORD STORY ‘UFO IN LEESBURG FLORIDA’ BY RAY CATES
The spaceship put me down in Leesburg Florida. Somehow I was wearing my bathrobe and slippers.
Twenty five people were gathered around the spaceship when it blasted off.
When all the kids got on the school bus you took me home to get your husbands pants.
And much much more.
Posted by Ray Cates on July 22nd, 2010.