The Mermaid

by Christina Henry

she had found her freedom and she loved it, and she would not be bound to someone else’s will again.

“Mr. Barnum is accustomed to having his own way. That doesn’t mean I’m required to give it to him.”

They wanted the moon, but they didn’t realize it cost the earth.

Every human who saw it remarked on its size, but to Amelia it looked like a very small container compared to the ocean.

“She belongs to the ocean, not to us.”