Lily and the Mysterious Market Stranger

    Lily’s pink and green fur bristled with the wind, in Lily’s mind it was perfect for fishing.  She puts her fish into a big basket,and heads to the nearest town to sell today’s catches.  She sells all her fish, but there was something sketchy about her last customer, they seemed......off.  They had thick fur and a black overcoat so she couldn’t see their face.  She puts it off because she has seen many weird people at the market.  She plops down on the couch and pulls out her collection of scales, blue ones, green ones, purples ones, even yellow ones.  She is midway through a necklace when she hears a knock at the door.

    Lily looked at the door with her hazel eyes.  It knocked again.  She sat up and went to the door,”Hello?”she asked.  She looked outside to the big glistening lake.  ‘What was that?’  She pondered for a moment.  She looked down to see a slip of paper.  She leaned over to pick it up.  She read the note, “Dear Lily, I was wondering if you could do me a favor, I will offer $1,000 for you to do this one thing.  Down by the lake, there is a hole, not a deep one, but it is filled with water, take all the water and dump it in the ocean.“

    Lily was confused, but looked back at how much they were offering.  Its just water? Right?  ....She took a bucket and looked for the hole.  When she found it it smelled like rotting fish.  She was used to it though.  It was dark and sticky.  She lifted up the bucked and dug in it.  She heaved it up, ’This is heavier than I thought!’ She thought.  It Oozed like mud.  People looked at her funny, but again, she was used to it.  She stopped midway from dumping it, ”This is tar....I’m not gonna kill helpless animals!” she through the bucket down and turned around to see the same sketchy guy from the market, ”You did well, unfortunately you didn’t win  the money, but you did the write thing.”