The Mermaid and The Diver: Part One.

Overheard in the bathtub...

 Diver voice: Mermaid, the dog is on the bottom of the lake! You have to save him!

Mermaid voice: Okay! I'm going down to get him!


Mermaid dives to the bottom of the tub, comes up without the dog.


Diver: Mermaid! You have to rescue the dog!

Mermaid: I'm so tired...

Diver: But if you want to be a hero, you have to be more than tired. You have to be exhausted.

Mermaid: Alright, alright, I'll try again.

Diver: You have to try, Mermaid. You have a fish for legs! I would do it, but I've got diver legs.

Mermaid: Do you like my fish legs?

Diver: Yeah, they're really nice. They're green.

Mermaid: Thank you. Do you want to come to my sea cave? You're a diver, you can dive dive dive down into the ocean and we can swim swim to my cave.

Mommy: Hey what about the dog you guys are trying to save?

Diver: Oh yeah, we should save the dog.

Mommy: The dog's on the bottom of the lake, right?

Mermaid: Yeah, we need to save the dog. I'm going to dive!


Mermaid disappears down in the tub to a musical flourish.


Mermaid: The dog is stuck. He's down there still.

Diver: You can do it Mermaid.


Mermaid dives down and comes up with the dog.


Mermaid: I did it! I got the dog, oh he's crying he's so happy.

Diver: Well, it's his bedtime. He gets crabby at bedtime.

Me: I think that might be shock, Mabel. If the dog was on the bottom of the ocean so long he's probably going into some kind of shock.

Mabel: Yeah, he's shocking.

Diver: You think this dog is okay?

Mermaid: Yes. But. I'm going to put him back on the bottom.

Me: How come?

Mermaid: He likes it down there it's cozy.

Diver: And then can you and I go to your cave?

Mermaid: That's what she said.

Mabel: Right mommy? Hahahahahahahahaha!

Me: You're getting better at those.

Diver: I wanna go to the cave!

Mermaid: Diver! I'm talking to Mommy, please say 'excuse me' when you want to interrupt!

Diver: Excuse me Mermaid.

Mermaid: Yes?

Diver: Do you want to see my cave?

Mermaid: No. I've got my own cave. But if you want to come over for some wine, follow me.


They swim away together.