Once upon a time there lived a critter, a fish out of water, whom no one could figure out. We all knew he had problems, but he didn’t think there was anything wrong with himself, at least, nothing worth the bother of fixing.
Although he reassured us that he was fine – “just following a different drummer”, he lamely explained – how could we convince him otherwise without a proper diagnosis? So, we diagnosed him ourselves yelling: YOU’RE NUTS!
That should have solved the problem, but all it did was isolate the critter further while we went off to our regular therapy sessions and he let his problems go from bad to worse. Even after all of us went to our just deserts none of us could figure out why he kept living happily ever after.
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Denise offers the prompt word “fish” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 
I really enjoy your proverbial fairy tales–so much wisdom in a 6! You have to wonder though, if this “fish”/critter is really happy… Have a blessed rest of the week!
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I don’t know how happy he is, but may he be blessed as well as joyful. Blessings, Cale!
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I would hope so!
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Is this critter a parable of the fool that PRoverbs talk about?
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I was not thinking of the fool in Proverbs 26:4-5. The others who tried to fix him would be closer to that fool. His following a different drummer was following the Lord and as a result of his obedience in spite of opposition, he lived happily ever after. One cannot always trust the narrator of a story. Blessings and thank you, Jim!
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=)
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Gotcha thanks for the explanation
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May all of us enjoy that happily ever after, and convince a few of those others to do likewise.
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I agree. Blessings and thank you, Mimi!
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This made me think quite deeply Frank – it seems to me that despite society’s view of his differences and difficulties he was happy in his own skin – thanks for making my brain grind into action at 6 o’clock the morning😀🩷
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He was happy and was making a good start on living happily ever after. Blessings, Ange!
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♥️
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Imagination literally means a mental image of oneself- and your friend here- just sees himself and his world in a whole different light. I urge us all to be more like your friend.
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So do I. He saved a lot on therapy sessions as well. Blessings, Violet!
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Strange but good with this one. Good Six!
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Thank you and blessings, Chris!
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yeah, a lot (well, percentage-wise) of people do not like those who are different… and they especially don’t like these different people not caring what they think
good Six
(liked your Reply to SlimJim about “One cannot always trust the narrator of a story.”
as a thing in writing, the ‘Unreliable Narrator’ is, to me, one of the more fascinating elements in stories… can’t say I’m figured out how to pull it off
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My narrators are often unreliable. They allow the humor to flow from all directions. Blessings and thank you, Clark!
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I enjoy reading your Six so much, Frank. It always gives me a smile.
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I am glad you liked this tale, Misky! Blessings!
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Perhaps that lot should take a look at themselves!
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I suspect they let their therapists do the looking. Blessings and thank you, Keith!
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Thanks so much, Frank.
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Great satire, Frank. The use of a fallible narrator is well done.
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That narrator was not reliable. Blessings, Dora!
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Ignorance is bliss, but knowledge (from a steady, trusted source) is power. Do no harm, but take no shit; life is for gratefully living it! ❤️🩵❤️
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Good advice! Blessings, Liz!
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