I don’t have to think about it at all. I just grab my head with both hands and shout, “Y-E-S spells ‘yes,’ ” and sha-zing!
Posey makes my wish come true!
There’s a blue-green fish tail where my legs used to be. It’s very soft and smooth to the touch. I gently wave the tail up and down, which makes me glide through the water.
I can’t explain it, but I feel like I have been a mermaid my whole life!
Swoooooshh! I dive underwater to admire my shimmering tail. It winks in the sunlight. I have become a graceful, bedazzled sea angel.
Swish! Swoosh! I dart this way and that. I look behind me and spy a cute orange fish chasing my tail.
“MRR-ROW!” says the fish as it catches up.
Wait, I think. Can fish speak cat too?
But when the orange fish nuzzles against me, I know that we’ve met before.
“Sir Pounce!” I cheer. “Posey turned you into a fish!”
“MRR-row!” the fish repeats happily.
Posey flippers to my side and says, “You look mer-mazing!”
I feel mer-mazing too. Not only because I am a mermaid, but because I am breathing and talking underwater!
“What do we do now?” I ask.
Posey motions to the deep, dark water around us. “Let’s watch the show.”
In the distance, a group of jellyfish swims our way with pulsing bodies. Some have twinkly lights inside their umbrella-shaped bells. I watch their colorful stingers trailing behind them like party streamers. I steer clear of those stingers to be on the safe side.
Next, a sea turtle swims up beside me with a curious look. We paddle side by side. Colorful fish dart all around us. Each fish is like a little work of art, with rings, spots, or stripes. Underneath us, pink, orange, and purple sea stars cling to a coral reef. A manta ray wafts along with the current.