07-19-2010, 03:00 PM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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The Story Begins
When Sharks Fly, illustrated by Derek Chatwood ; (c) 2008. All Rights Reserved
The saga unfolds...
Jakeem remembered what it was like before the sharks. He could play in the park, and go swimming. Now the only sky he saw, was through steel reinforced wire and glass. He asked his Dad why it happened, but doesn't think he really knows. His Dad said it just happened, somehow. We did something wrong, broke the oceans somehow, and sharks just started flying. All of them.
Jakeem asked his Dad how do they fix it, but doesn't think he knows that, either. His Dad told him they just have to figure it out, or learn how to live with them until it can get figured out. It might take a long time. It also, his Dad's voice going kind of soft, might never happen.
Jakeem looked up at them, through the wire. And hoped it got fixed someday.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi
Last edited by Jetée; 07-19-2010 at 03:05 PM..
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