Cindy yawned and stretched as she started her day. It was time to walk her pet octopus.
She pulled Ollie out of his protective shell, and they walked across the ocean floor.
"Good morning!" she called to Wally the Whale.
Suddenly, Wally decided to give Cindy and Ollie a ride by lifting them up, completely out of the ocean and depositing them on the sandy shore.
"Mom! Dad! Where have you been?"
"We've been right here. You took a nap."
"Yeah, I just had the craziest dream. I lived on the ocean floor, and I could breathe underwater and everything....
The woolly mammoth lined up for the next event in the prehistoric Winter Olympics: the 400 meter speed skating competition.
This wasn't going to be easy, but he had been practicing. He picked up some momentum and started gliding around the ice, as the other mammoths and dinosaurs cheered for him.
Despite his bulk, the mammoth was in the lead. The other contestants, mostly moose and elk, had wiped out on the ice.
Coming down the home stretch, victory was in sight.
Suddenly, a group of ice snakes slithered onto the track, determined to stop the mammoth's victory party.
The...
The dangers of air surfing had yet to be explored. Jenna had never been shy when it came to taking risks, yet now she found herself in the embarrassing position, almost literally, of talking out her ass.
"Can you help me down, please?"
"What happened to 'I'll be a living legend?'" quipped her boyfriend, Bob. "I mean, I've got to say I'm enjoying the view."
Dangling, upside down, as the tide came in, did little to improve Jenna's temper. "Just pull me down; will you?"
"Just as soon as I finish filming. My followers on YouTube are gonna LOVE this!"...
Golden skin glowed in the afternoon sun, revealing a fine tracery of pale blue at the inside of the wrist. Lips, lush lips, parted to accept the ripe perfection of the strawberry I offered. A low sound of appreciation trickled out. I watched Circ eat with a simple joy and relish of the experience that I had never witnessed before.
Had humanity strayed so far away from its own innate abilities?
The robot blinked and met my eyes, smiling. I watched the fine structure of her irises flex.
"Like that?" She nodded at my question and I offered the next...