A Tail of 2 Flippers
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Last published Tue, Aug 22, 2017
Once upon a time there were two flippers; one with legs and one with a tail.
One was a princess; admired and adored. The other was a seashell scrubbing mermaid.
Both wanted to escape.
And so, one day they decided to switch.
But flipping hair and flipping fins are not as similar as one might think . . .
There's an original mermaid song created and copyrighted to J.D. Jacobs on chapter 2! As with all my works, when there's a song look for the 🎤 .
Hope you enjoy!
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