Hello everyone! It’s Emma, back for week three of the Student Blogging Challenge! The challenge for this week is Fun with Photos. I decided to post one of my drawings. The drawing I used was originally for day 7 of Inktober this year (click here to learn more about Inktober). I wrote a short little story about it below.

I stood at the edge of the cliff, the grass tickling my bare feet. Peeking over the edge, I saw the crystal blue ocean glittering below, reflecting the bright sunlight. It’s not too far of a drop, I decided. I could see the smaller details of the beach from up here, where kids had built sandcastles and I sat down, letting my feet dangle over the edge. A cool breeze blew in from the ocean, calming my mind. I sat for a moment, kicking my feet, until I felt my shoe fall of my foot. I scrambled closer to the edge and watched it fall. It hit the water below with a soft plop. Oh boy, I thought, what am I going to tell my parents? I sat watching the still water for a minute until I saw a disturbance in the waves. Glancing down, I saw the small outline of a person popping out of the water. They picked up my shoe and examined it, looking awfully perplexed. They must have felt me staring, because they looked up. We locked eyes for a moment, and I didn’t dare breathe. My heart rate picked up. I’d only read about their kind in books. Was this my chance to finally meet one? A minute passed, and I watched them dive back under the water, disappointed. Wearing only one shoe, I headed back home, wondering if I blew my one and only chance to meet a mermaid.

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