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by Lindsay Jacquard
& Jeff Arbeau
narration:
Lindsay Jacquard''<a target="_self" href="https://corneliawebster.neocities.org/" target="_blank">RETURN TO HOME PAGE</a><p style="font-size:40px">CORNELIA
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You sit nestled among the reeds, the soft lapping of lake water nudging you awake. A small boat crests by you, a man at its helm. At this hint of disturbance, you spring, tumbling forth, but today the world guides you into, not away from this vessel. The landing is stuck but your eyes are struck by the sun and you blink, just as a hand reaches out and snags you. You squirm and kick, your slippery feet sliding through the jail bars of this man’s hands. You do not know yet, but this is the beginning of something... big.
He takes you away from the lake, farther than you’ve ever known or could ever imagine. Your heart aches for the water skaters, the lilies, the silt, but your stomach aches to be fed. You want to resist, to deny this man the satisfaction, but when he prods you with a june bug you cannot hold back. The quick snap of your tongue, the crunch of its shell, the croak of contentment. You watch the man suspiciously. He offers you another bug.
The days pass and you surprise yourself: the energy you keep tightly coiled in your legs has yet to come unsprung. The man, with his bottle and drink, sloshes some upon you. The acid rain burns but you lick your lips and feel both a stupor and a strength. You aren’t afraid of him. You take his offerings, you tolerate his company, and you eat. And you eat.
And you grow.
The lightning in your limbs is gone; now your croak is thunder.
Of course you aren’t afraid of him, you think that one day you could dwarf him. You are beyond compare and he brings others to bear witness. Now the waves that wash over you are that of awe. Some days the pride outweighs your instinct and you leap out to meet his call. His pride is sunshine on your back. Other days, you do not answer. You aren’t shy, you’re unfathomable. You long for the reeds, for a body that is your own again.
...How did you find yourself back at the lake, Cornelia?
As you drop into the water you bobble with a buoyancy unexpected. You work against against yourself, paddling out into the lake. It’s smaller than you remember it. If you close your eyes, you are small again. You are enveloped in the waves and the buzzing insects and the wind stirring the whole forest to welcome you home.
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