Fail Mermaid
My favorite toy to play with when I went swimming was this wire-frame rubber Little Mermaid doll. She had freaking awesome poseable limbs, and sometimes the wire would break out of the rubber and I'd stab myself, and my mom would have to buy me a new one.

Well, one day when I was at the lake, this huge wave came up, knocked me down, and knocked Ariel out of my hand.

I freaked out, dove under the water, and started looking. Somehow, in that moment, I was very convinced that I could breathe under water, just like Ariel did in the movie.

Mom and I had a little chat about fantasy and reality that night.
(???????????????, Thu 20 Dec 2007, 19:41, Reply)