Ernie from Mermaid and Miami
CONTEXT: A kindly fisherman sets up the story for this modern retelling of The Little Mermaid.
Ernie:
I’ll never forget that storm. In one moment, the night was still and as black as tar. An instant later, a howlin’ wind roared in! The rain pelted the ocean. Lightning spat. Thunder belched. It was as if there was trouble brewing beneath the waves. And then, just as the rain and the lightning and the thunder began their mighty battle – it all stopped. And the morning sun came out as if nothing had ever happened. Well, that storm may be over, but I still say that trouble’s a-brewin’. My big toe is twitchin’ and that’s never a good sign. I’ve been on this ocean long enough to know that there are spooky things down there in that water. And I don’t just mean the jellyfish.
