"How bitter the sting"- for the Song Story Challenge

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

The prompt:

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Comments

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Well written; and a good, original idea. Very convincing, too.

I hope Napoleon got a little of the chocolate cake.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Thank you! This was inspired by the clinging jellyfish that have suddenly begun appearing at the shore here. So I did a bit of a time shift having them appear in the 1960's for the sake of the story.

Between these jellyfish, Portuguese Man o' War jelly fish and shark bites this year it's making it rough for swimming. There's been a very dangerous rip tide and 27 people have drowned since May. Last year 34 people died. Summer isn't what it used to be, I think.

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

Ouch! Poor Napoleon. I've never trusted swimming in the sea. You neve know what you're going to come across.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Going to the beach is problematic for me because of the walker/quad cane. However, I stopped going to the beach 20-25 years ago, mostly to stay out of the sun. I hate the greasy feeling of sunscreen and you'd have to reapply after you got out of the water. When I went in the water it was no more than knee deep.

I stopped going into the water not too long after the movie 'Jaws' came out because I was in the water with my friend at the beach and not 50 yards away from us we spotted a shark fin...a good sized one too. That was 43 years ago.

It's true you never know what's swimming around you, sharks, horseshoe crabs, jellyfish, eeeeek!

Thanks for reading and commenting!