It looked tasty so I wrapped my mouth around it.<\/p>\n
When\u00a0I tried\u00a0to swallow\u00a0there was\u00a0a sharp feeling\u00a0in my mouth.<\/p>\n
Then a pulling sensation.<\/p>\n
Then a massive lurch forward.<\/p>\n
It felt as though my lips\u00a0were being ripped out of my head.<\/p>\n
I tried to resist but the more I struggled to swim away the more painful it was.<\/p>\n
I knew I was in trouble when I couldn’t breathe.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0bright light I only ever saw through the shimmering shield of my watery home was suddenly all I could see. I desperately wanted to close my eyes but couldn’t because I don’t have eyelids.<\/p>\n
Then, I was flying for the first time in my life. Flying above my home with empty lungs. Flying like those creatures I often saw above me.<\/p>\n
When\u00a0I hit a\u00a0hard surface I\u00a0was grabbed by the hard\u00a0hands of a big monster.<\/p>\n
It\u00a0ripped something out of my mouth and I screamed. I don’t think it heard me.<\/p>\n
You don’t want to know what happened next because it involves a long sharp object – and being gutted and skinned alive.<\/p>\n
It\u00a0was very unpleasant\u00a0and I died from agonising\u00a0asphyxiation.<\/p>\n
That was not a very good day.<\/p>\n
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