----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Professor K and the World of Giants It’s roughly around midnight. Mostly clear skies, bright crescent moon and stars everywhere. I’m above the ocean again. Why do I constantly fly above the ocean? I stop to look around. I take in the view of the sky, the reflection of the ocean. I begin to fall and strangely accept it. I feel the pull in my stomach; change my position and plummet towards the ocean headfirst. The water is freezing and feels empty, but this is my dream and I know I’m not alone in this ocean. Turning around now, there you are. The giant shark who’s space I had now invaded. Think quickly. I place my hands at the top of its nose, feet at the tip of its bottom jaw. I’m scared. I try not to move because if I slip then I’m dead. In the sharks confusion it unknowingly swims toward an island nearby. I can feel the sand in the water now. The shark starts to slow down and I’m able to put my right foot in the cold, muddy sand. Carefully I now have both feet in the sand, hands still on the nose. I let go and run towards the beach hoping to God I don’t get eaten. I’m safe now lying on the sand and looking back up at the stars. How’d I get on this dock? Why is it daylight? I’m standing in a line waiting to board a large boat with my father. In no time we board and are having some lunch and some beers. During lunch three people come running into the boat and telling everyone to see what each one had just caught. Three gigantic sea creatures that looked like gray marlins with four legs. All three creatures were tied to a fishing boat with harpoons sticking out of their bodies. Suddenly without warning they break from the small fishing boat at full speed. You can still see them run out to the ocean past a small island in the distance. Everyone on the boat was amazed. I was looking at the island and saw the three creatures walk around the island to face us. However, they did not move after they were in view of our ship. What are they waiting for? My question was quickly answered. What at first seemed like a large wave towards a docked submarine was actually a giant squid. The wave quickly grew tentacles that wrapped all around the submarine. The giant squid lifted the submarine above the water line and crushed it in half. After it submerged with the submarine there was silence. People on the boat were in shock. The silence was broken by what sounded like a giant trumpet (like the sound from the alien ships in The War of the Worlds). A boat anchored in the bay was now covered with tentacles and instantly submerged. After seeing this and realizing the giant squid was getting closer to our boat I nudged my father and told him to start walking toward the exit. We walked briskly past the people still staring out the window. As I reached the exit I went into a full sprint. A tall metal-wire fence closed off the dock. As I start to climb the fence I turn back and see the boat being taken by the squid. I look around and can’t find my father. I look back at the boat and wake up. 4:08 p.m. - 2006-07-18 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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