A Jealous Snit
I was waiting in the forest glade for Oakryn when I noticed the Nymph. It was but a moment until she spotted me and I found myself instantly hypnotised by her mesmerising eyes. A startling shade of aquamarine, flecked with gold, her irises rimmed with deepest midnight blue.
I was utterly captivated until I felt a sharp pinch on my arm. Oakryn threw a rock, splashing the Nymph, then turned and kissed me.
Later as I finished up my notes on the Nymph, I turned back to my entry on Dryad and penned ‘It appears Dryad have a jealous streak’.
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I love your fantasy stories, Carrie. They are very artful and descriptive. I think anyone would be mesmerized with those eyes! Great work!
Thanks Melissa, glad you enjoyed it.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleI agree with Melissa about those eyes, Carrie and I really enjoyed another taste of Greek mythology. Very nice.
Thanks, Linda. This one isn’t actually Greek though. Even England has mythological spirits of nature known as nymphs that inhabit rivers, lakes, forests etc.
That will teach me! I googled dryad (in an attempt to educate myself) and it came up as Greek mythology!
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleHello, Carrie. I enjoyed your story so much. I imagine those mesmerizing blue eyes. And thank you for sharing new word to me “Oakryn – which means female name of American origin that means Beautiful Oak.” Well done!
Well, there you go, Lotchie. I’ve learned something new too. I thought I’d made the name up. It was as close as Karl Starwin could get to the pronunciation of her name as Oakryn didn’t speak any English when they first met! So we shall just have to pretend that it originated from Victorian England! Thank you for commenting ?
You are welcome, Carrie.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleHahaha Oakryn has claimed him as hers, she’s certainly not letting shady water nymphs get their claws in!
Yes, I think Oakryn has definitely decided that Karl is her human! We’ll have to see what those pesky air sprites get up to next!
A sweet fantasy tale ending on a humorous note. The protagonist’s note about the dryad made me smile.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleThanks, Margarida. I had fun writing this one. Luckily Oakryn knows a little more about the nymph’s wiles than poor Karl
It seems like Oakryn isn’t about to let a Nymph interfere in her business! I would love to read more.
Thanks, Marianna. I actually got very carried away with this one. I sat down to write a hundred word story and ended up with around 450 I think, so this is very heavily abridged. Ah well ??♀️
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleAnother excellent story.
Thank you, Steven. I actually got very carried away writing this one. I think I told someone that I thought I’d originally written 450 words. When I’ve just checked back at my original document I’d gotten even more carried away than I remembered. I actually had to cut this down from 700 words, so I’m surprised it still makes sense!