FOAME

He is a seal pup. Foame is his name. Most seals have large, round eyes but foame was borned out of the norm with small eyes. There is always this look of sadness in his eyes perhaps because how his eyelids are droopy but he is a cheery pup. He barks like a a real pup when he got bullied by most of his sea mates over the catch of the day . Dory, mackerel, sardines are his favorites and he hates shrimps but occasionally when he finds shellfish, he will try to share that with his mom whom he adores. He'll roll them up the shore with his front flippers, and tucked them neatly away in a tiny reservoir made out of pool of stones. Also his secret hiding place when he gets tired of swimming and meeting strangers from the sea.

Foame was adopted since young when his mum passed away. Rame found his shrivelling and trembling body by the cliff and feed and nurse him for six months now. Unknown to Rame, foame has a keen of curiosity for all everything under the sun and does give her some trouble answering his questions all day. However his curiousity gives him plenty time of play and fun and adventures and Rame is careful to watch that he does not get himself into trouble each time. The last time, he was so curious to trace Liny, the crab's secret play shed that he tried to flipper himself sideways like how Liny did. He got  stung twice and his howl echoed and ripple across the tropical water. Bernie and his flock of friends gathered to laugh at him as he ran to his mum for refuge.

He hates Bernie and his friends but Rame is trying to teach him to love others. 'You have got to love others, Foame. You cant be avoiding others that you dont like and hide in the pool all the time, barking and growling at them each time you see them, its rude'. 'But mommy, ' replied Rame, 'they are always teasing me that I am not your son but you are really my mommy. They always laugh at my short flippers.  They made me so angry. Anggrry, angry. And they can laugh at me and flap and catch fishes at the same time. How can theyy..?? I am not going to  trust them and made them my friends. Like I trust liny and love you. I don't like to love people I don't trust.' Foame frowned and walk away.

Rame is hoping that one day she is able to tell Foame that she is not his real mom after all. But it is hard.

 'He will be really disappointed if one day he realised the truth. What should I do?', thought Rame as she stares out at the horizon.

The sun is beginning to set and the tide has beginning to calm down. Across the shore, others are gathering up their small ones homewards. In the backdrop, she could hear Liny crooning a lullaby to her babies and decided to look for Foame.

'It's only the beginning,' she sighed.

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And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.