Eventually, a temporary home is found for her. "It's just temporary, mind you," her foster parents say, "I've got a bad feeling about this one."
Everyone watches her as she grows up. She returns to the sea; she dips her toes and chatters to the tide. Her foster parents ask if she could possibly act more like other little girls.
The other children are scared of her. When she sings they clap their hands over their ears, terrified of being hypnotized. Afterwards, they run away. Confused, she wonders what she did to drive them away.
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They Thought She Was a Mermaid and Drowned Her to Prove It
Historia CortaI wanted to write a story about a girl who people think is a mermaid and they drown her to prove it. It's about otherness and people's wariness of difference, and also about slut-shaming. The extended metaphor of the mermaid is a message that no mat...
