Photo by: Carla Bicomong
In Holder Bay, people sincerely believed a mermaid lived in the waters. Every year they held a lantern festival, hoping to hear her song once more.
Becka placed her phone in the lantern to guard it from sand. “The ringtone plays Enya,” she told Bruce. “So magical!”
They chatted for a while then wandered down the beach. Behind them, true believers launched every lantern they could find. Everyone watched in silence, listening. And then a sweet, lovely voice drifted across. “It’s her!” called a man. “The mermaid is here!”
Down the beach, Becka said, “Call my phone again. It’s here somewhere!”
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Written for the Friday Fictioneers: https://rochellewisoff.com/2018/08/22/24-august-2018/
Author’s Notes:
I imagine the mermaid/ringtone sounded something like this…
Enya – Storms in Africa
EagleAye
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Haha, Enya the mermaid – love it 🙂
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Phone was on the boat?
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Great fun!
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Love the twist in this… funny!
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I was afraid her cell would end up floating with the rest…
Wonderful take!
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Hope Beka found her phone and wasn’t mobbed in mistake for a mermaid! All Enya’s stuff is amazing – precisely a mermaid sound! My favourite is ‘Orinoco Flow’, which oddly enough uses the ‘Louie Louie’ chord progression in reverse.
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Mermaid Enya. Yup, works for me.
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Ha ha ha, true believers will believe anything.
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Heh! Ooh, ooh, the mermaid’s singing Orinoco Flow, I hope she does Book of Days next… 🙂
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Ha! Ha! Nice! Could have been a rap artist ringtone. Now that would make for a mermaid with street cred.
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We humans are all too inclined to believe what we want to believe. I enjoyed the very gently humorous way you pointed that out with your story.
Nice one!
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Ha! Fun story.
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It’s funny how easily people are duped. But, on the other hand it brought them such joy, so what the heck.
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Dear Eric,
A mermaid who sounds like Enya? Works for me. Love the ending line. As always you make me laugh.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Funny. You totally had me going. Alas, an Android Mermaid.
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Glad you got a laugh. Thanks much! 🙂
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Well, Enya does have the other-worldly voice, so I guess it rings true. And rings. And.. Damn, where is that phone?
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Haha! …and rings…and rings… Perhaps this points to the origin of the myth?
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I love this piece and the song too.
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Thanks so much. I’m glad both entertained. 🙂
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Enya as a mermaid? Of course! My favourite is her version of “I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls”. She does have just that ethereal sound I would associate with a mythical being. Great fun story.
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Same here. Enya was the first voice I thought of when I imagined a mermaid. Thanks so much! 🙂
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A magical tale, I love mermaids! =)
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Me too. My daughter is a mermaid nut! Thanks kindly! 🙂
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Hehehe. This is too funny. I hope the phone wasn’t too expensive.
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Luckily, no, but she’ll have to find that Enya ringtone again. 😉 Thanks so much!
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