By Prospero Dae
Picture a beach and brilliant sunshine.
A man steps on a jellyfish. The pain is excruciating. And so a posse is formed. The beach is combed. Every nook and cranny is searched. Who would be the first to find the assailant? The man, having been sequestered to a quiet spot in the shade, recuperates from the sharp pain.
Even the starfish and sand crabs join in the hunt, in support of their brethren. Finally, the nasty perpetrator is found under a blue umbrella, and the vigilante group of jellyfish lets loose on the man for having injured one of their own.
As Sancho Panza once said: Whether the stone hits the pitcher, or the pitcher hits the stone, it’s going to be bad for the pitcher.”
History is written by the victors. We instinctively want to gravitate to the winning perspective, eschewing all others.(Now I know where Yogi Berra got his stuff from!)
Nice twist!
POV is everything.
Not that long ago, we thought the earth to be at the center of it all! I guess we humans still like to think we’re top dog and that all other life forms are subservient. What hubris.
Love the twist as well. My favorite word: assailant. Nice work!
They shell get their revenge.
It was so quiet, you could hear a pun drop. (Attributed to journalist Arthur Baer).
Perspectives, presumptions…;ouch! I feel the sting! 🙂
Nicely done!
Feel the sting–a presumptive pun! Just as we have restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses, we should have presumptive and nonpresumptive puns! Spread the word, Rob. We may, in the fullness of time, be credited with having coined new analytical terms.
The prey becomes the hunter–love it!
Had me sucked in. Nice twist.
Sucked in–or do you mean sucked out? I hear it’s a bad idea to try to suck out the venom of a jellyfish sting–or a snake bite, for that matter. For stings, remove tentacles with tweezers, flush with saline solution, apply ice–that sort of thing… See how educational this site can be?
Great story! Liked it!
Ah! I love the unexpected! Really nice..
Hahahahaha. I didn’t see it coming! And in 101 words too! Pffft, Well done that Jellyman,
– esme enjoying the ending a great deal upon the Cloud