Prompt 15- Moon
A/N: Warning you now, I am not very good at physics, so please forgive any errors in this story- but I have tried to keep it as correct as possible.
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The stars and the moon looked particularly nice through a clear ceiling, such as the one in Sandy's Treedome. On the grass, lay three sleeping bags close together- one purple with an acorn in the middle, one red sleeping bag on the left, and one green sleeping bag on the right.
In the purple sleeping bag lay a squirrel; the red one held a yellow square shaped sea sponge, and the green one contained a chubby pink starfish. They were all watching the stars- Sandy pointed out the different constellations and where they were at, and SpongeBob and Patrick were in awe at Sandy's knowledge of physics and astronomy.
"Wow, that's amazing, Sandy!" SpongeBob marvelled. He could never get tired of hearing about the different things his land friend knew.
"Well, that's nothin', SpongeBob," She replied, regarding the sponge. "I find it odd to be under the sea when the moon controls the ocean's tides."
"What?" SpongeBob and Patrick asked her in astonishment and confusion.
"Y'all ain't ever heard of how the moon controls the tides?" Sandy asked in bafflement, sitting up to stare at two of her closest friends in the ocean in disbelief at what she just heard.
"Well, if we had learned it, we've forgotten it," Said SpongeBob sheepishly. "Right, Pat?"
"Uhh...who are you, again?"
The poriferan face palmed. "Well, he'll have definitely forgotten. And I've forgot too. My memory's not been the same since I helped Squidward try to impress Squilliam."
"Well, let me remind y'all," Sandy decided. "The moon controls the tides through a gravitational pull."
"What and who?"
"A gravitational pull is an invisible force that causes massive objects to pull other objects towards them. This gravitational pull causes the ocean to get pulled into a bulge one way by the moon's gravity and into a bulge on the opposite side by the rotational force of the earth, causing two high tides, and two low tides."
"Wow..."
"Yeah...it feels weird knowing that happens when I'm underwater, considering I was always above it until recently." Sandy admitted.
"I think I understand it...thanks for telling us that, Sandy." SpongeBob said.
"You're welcome. Hey, it sure does look nice underwater. I'm glad I could share this night with you guys."
"We're glad too."
"Yeah," Agreed Patrick.
"Now who wants marshmallows?" Sandy asked, holding out a bag of pink and white marshmallows.
"Oh, we do! We do!" SpongeBob and Patrick chorused.
"I'll start the fire!" Patrick declared.
"No, no! Um, you two guard the marshmallows- I'll handle the fire." Sandy said. She was certain if she ever let them near fire- this sleepover would go up in flames.
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Much, much later, the moon shone her beams down onto the peaceful image of the three friends snuggled up close together in their sleep, full of marshmallows and contentment at each other's company.