A Flick Above the Coral
A sudden thrill rippled down my spine! I gave my flipper a test twitch—click! It actually bent. Leaning forward from my curved ocean perch, I stretched my snout down toward the patterned swirl of the bed cover right below. With a bouncy flutter of my tail, I tapped the fabric. Soft! Not like smooth plastic at all! Seeing the blanket yield under my touch, I held my mid-air leap, ready to plunge into whatever comes next.