My Four Tears

Prologue

          There I was about to dive into the ocean. "Alright, one, two, three, go!" I was off, in the water, swimming. As I see myself: "I'm an otter?!" Shocked at my transformation, I keep swimming. It felt so alive to be an otter, they're so lively and fun. I start swimming up to the top, really fast, and shot out of the water, hoping I wouldn't fall back down.

          I flew instead. I became the most elegant eagle there could ever be, soaring through the skies, and into the clouds. I start to shoot towards the water and SPLASH!

           I feel no water except for on my feet. I look down at them, "Hey! They look like flippers." They were. I have become a seal, and was dancing on the water! I start dancing towards shore and arrive at the hot sand. My feet were burning. I thought if I started jumping my feet wouldn't burn as much.

           I was wrong! It didn't work. But then at some point, my feet didn't feel hot, they felt cool and warm. I start to touch my body: I feel a pouch on my belly and fur. I must be a kangaroo. I continue jumping. Then I jump so high I land on the top of a very tall tree.

           I want to go back down, so I start climbing down. I've been climbing for a long time now, my head gets a bit dizzy. I lose concentration and start to fall towards the ground. I thought I would die if I fell from such a height. But instead, I land on the ocean floor.

           "What happened?" I start to remember... "I never became an otter, an eagle, a seal, or even a kangaroo." I was at the bottom of the ocean dead, but my mind and heart, still alive. When I dove into the water I hit a rock with my head and started to drown towards my death.