Prompt 6 – Dawn
Gary sure knows how to spoil sweet moments- these next two stories explain why. Enjoy reading!
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Ah...it is life's greatest and yet the simplest pleasures to partake in some nice hot tea and watch the dawn embrace small town Bikini Bottom in folds of pink and gold, smell the sweet salty air of the sea water around us, and listen to the bivalves singing the dawn chorus in their sweet, uplifting calls- all from the roof of the pineapple I call home.
Below, I hear my master's soft and rhythmic snoring, and I smile in bittersweet reminiscences of all those times I had woken before even my early bivalve of a master.
I am a very intellectual being, and I hold this gift in high regard, and I use it to think on life's biggest mysteries...and yet...it is SpongeBob's innocence, the ability to turn the page on a bad day and look forward to the next day which makes me ponder the most.
He does get on my nerves a fair amount of the time- with his energetic schemes, his rambunctious attitude, his childish immaturity...
But it is his zest for life, his never ending optimism, his kindness towards even the most evil and the most unknown people in Bikini Bottom that make SpongeBob. His innocence makes me reflect on things in life- not just the large mysteries of philosophy and literature, but he makes me think of the small things in Bikini Bottom- the Krusty Krab, for example. I could never find fulfilment there, but he has proved that people don't need fancy jobs to be happy.
I take a sip of my tea as I watch the pinks and golds gradually lighten and transform into the brightest blue. I do not know of how long I have sat out here, but I am glad that my insomnia has given me the chance to witness this glorious aurora.
If I head back in soon, I shall witness a very different dawn occurring in my own house.
No matter how long I have known my master and cherished friend, this dawn will also an honour to witness.
Also, I am in dire need of breakfast.