Far away in the tropical waters of the Caribbean, two prawns were
swimming around in the sea - one called Justin and the other called
Christian.
The prawns were constantly being harassed and threatened by sharks
that patrolled the area. Finally, one day during a tropical storm,
Justin said to Christian, "I'm bored and frustrated at being a prawn,
I wish I was a shark - then I wouldn't have any worries about being
eaten..."
As Justin had his mind firmly on becoming a predator, a flash of
lightning hit the water and, lo and behold, Justin turned into a
shark. Horrified, Christian immediately swam away, afraid of being
eaten by his old mate.
Time went on (as it invariably does...) and Justin found himself
becoming bored and lonely as a shark. All his old mates simply swam
away whenever he came close to them. Justin didn't realise that his
new menacing appearance was the cause of his sad plight.
During the next tropical storm, Justin figured that the same lightning
force could change him back into a prawn. Lightning never strikes
twice except in stories like these, but while he was thinking of being
a prawn again, a flash of lightning struck the water next to Justin
and, lo and behold, he turned back into a prawn.
With tears of joy in his tiny little eyes, Justin swam back to his
friends and bought them all a cocktail. Looking around the gathering
at the reef, he searched for his old pal. "Where's Christian?" he
asked.
"He's at home, distraught that his best friend changed sides to the
enemy and became a shark," came the reply.
Eager to put things right again and end the mutual pain and torture,
he set off to Christian's house. As he opened the coral gate, the
memories came flooding back. He banged on the door and shouted, "It's
me, Justin, your old mate. Come out and see me again!"
"No way, man. You'll eat me. You're a shark, the enemy. I will not be
tricked."
Justin cried back, "No I'm not. That was the old me. I've changed...
... I'm a prawn again Christian!"
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