“Come to me,” he said.
“No,” she replied.
“I promise you'll be safe. You
know, it's no fun to stay in the water forever.”
“But if I come out, then I'll
feel the cold wind. It's safe in the water. I don't want the wind to
knock me over, and make me lose my balance.”
“But I'll hold onto your hand,
and I'll hold you so that you don't lose your balance against the
wind.”
Then, from behind her, an
alligator approached.
“Dearest, look out,” he
yelled.
As she turned to face the beast,
she laughed gaily. “Why you old scaredy cat! This is but a
harmless, playful creature out for an evening swim. My, but you do
worry so much.”
“But my love, it has teeth.”
“Nonsense. That's no reason to
worry,” she said as she petted it's scales. “Come, see for
yourself.”
He hesitated for a moment, and
then said, “Very well....but only for your sake!”
“Come, pet it's nostrils.”
He started to, and then the
alligator bit his hand, right in the middle. “Ah!” he screamed.
He punched the alligator with his other hand, right under his chin.
The alligator growled loudly, and opened his mouth wide. All of a
sudden, he snapped the alligator's mouth shut tight, and felt at the
neck trying to touch a nerve. All the while, the alligator tried to
nip at him. Then, at last, he found the nerves of the alligator's
neck, and broke it.
Then both man and creature
collapsed in the water.
She quickly swam underneath to
bring him out of the water. She propped him on the shore, while she
remained to keep her body carefully covered by the ripples of water.
She noticed the whole in his hand, where the alligator had bitten. It
seemed to have gone straight through the other side, yet she felt no
broken bones in the hand.
Looking up at her and tenderly
stroking her face, he said, “There's a whole world out there I
could show you. We could do so many amazing things together. I'd protect
you forever, and always.
Then all of a sudden, a glowing
light showed through his clothes, and the whole in his hand quickly
vanished. It took her breath away.
She looked deep into his eyes.
Eyes that promised the moon. Putting her hand into his that had been
bitten, she said, “Let's go.”
He stood, and led her out of the
water. He stared at her sweetly and promised, “You will never be
alone.”
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