“Now now, settle down. It’ll be over before you know it.” Both Lu-Ellen and the Carolina Fat Lady tried to settle the poor mermaid down as three men in derby hats walked up to her tank with their hand in the air. It was time for dinner and she had to be moved from her tank to one they had made for her outside. Everyone knew it would be a struggle, much like it was every time, but now that she had a corps to cling to it was just a little worse. She frantically swam in circles, staying as far out of reach as she could and sending wave after wave of water over the edge of her tank and on the three men tasked with moving her. They were still several feet from her but a
