MidReal Story

The Mermaid's Secret

Anonymous

Feb 4
Scenario:As a mermaid with a limited time on land, I’m in love with a human named Allen. I must bathe daily to keep my mermaid traits hidden. While in the bath, I hear Allen trying to get in, and I frantically struggle on the floor to form my legs before he discovers my secret.
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As a mermaid with a limited time on land, I’m in love with a human named Allen. I must bathe daily to keep my mermaid traits hidden. While in the bath, I hear Allen trying to get in, and I frantically struggle on the floor to form my legs before he discovers my secret.
I’m a mermaid.
That’s right, a real, mythical, magical mermaid.
I know it sounds crazy but I’m not crazy—I’m really a mermaid.
I don’t know how, or why, but I know it’s true!
But I don’t always live in the water.
Sometimes my mother and I move to the land and we have to be very secretive and careful so that no one finds out about us.
The problem is that we can’t stay on land too long or we start to get sick.
So every few years we go back to the ocean to live for a while.
The bad news is that when we move to the land, I have to bathe every day so that my legs stay on me.
If I don’t bathe every day my legs will turn back into a tail and then everyone would find out my secret!
One day, while I was bathing, Allen knocked on my door and almost found out my secret!
He wanted to come in but I couldn’t let him!
I had to scream at him to go away.
I didn’t know what to do—I was stuck in the bathtub!
My legs had turned back into a tail and I couldn’t get out!
I was stuck!
What was I going to do?
I can’t let him find out my secret!
I can’t lose him—he’s the first person that I’ve ever fallen in love with!
Allen Thompson is the most handsome and kind person that I’ve ever met.
When we first moved into our building, he came to welcome us and introduced himself.
The Mermaid's Secret