As you can see from this found chalk drawing, mermaids are deeply ingrained in the human psyche. Some might say that mermaids are merely the mythologized representation of an attractive young lady who ensnares the adventurous young man with her charms but then turns out to be a monster (or worse) and “devours” him. Or something. But we know better!
Here she is seen wearing opera gloves and making shadow hand puppets. I’m shocked to find this in a child’s drawing because shadow puppetry is one of the favorite pastimes of mermaids and humans are unaware of it. Mostly because mermaids tend to be fatal to them.
Contrary to much popular thought on the matter, there are no mermen.
Being a monster, I am immune to the siren song of the mermaid. To those of us unaffected by its magic, mermaid singing sounds like a school bus full of children being fed through a giant wood chipper: All rending steel and blaring, off-pitched nonsense vocalizing as if from a hundred mouths. Look back at the picture and imagine that.
This is M is for Mermaid number 2. Click here for M is for Mermaid number 1. More Monster Alphabet.
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