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THE SCUBA ADVENTURE

ALM No.79, August 2025

SHORT STORIES

HollieAnna D’Ercole

8/9/20251 min read

It’s a lazy, sunny Saturday. All the classwork was finished and there was nothing to do. Baking in the sun like pancakes, Vengoria and her two friends Saoirse and Fiona laid on the grass.

Finally, Vengoria spoke to break the silence. She sat up, her red curly hair flat from laying down, all crisp from the heat.

“WE.. uh… need to get movin’ and get productive. What should we do?”Ven asked her friends. Vengoria switched Fiona on and heard her engine start up.

Fiona was awake now, ready to move.

“Why don't we find a beach and go scuba diving? I'm able to become a submarine and we can travel wherever and come back!”Fiona asked excitedly.

Saoirse was puzzled.

“Hmm. I've never been underwater on earth yet and I think I may turn into a cloud and get lost…”, Saoirse stated sadly.

Ven already had a solution. “Not a problem, we will just put you in a cute little bottle that I'll wear around my neck and you’ll still see all the sights of the ocean!”

And so that's what the girls did.

HollieAnna D’Ercole is a storyteller and artist full of whimsy. Basing her stories on what she thinks and feels, she like to give her readers a vivid experience. Her goal is to publish a big project Wyndow Elimentals, as a book with coloring pages, stickers and more!  Wyndow Elimentals is a book about her character Vengoria’s anxious wonders in her elimental world.