the Psammead

...is the Bestest creature if ever there was some such in all of Mythology, otherwise known as the Sand Fairy, a hairy little rotund almost E.T. like alien teddy bubba, whose super power lies in the wonderous ability to grant, according to his humor, if dug up by a person from his beachy lair, any number of wishes of no limit, foolish or otherwise, which will be enacted in a day pronto and dissipate at sun up tomorrow. That is the gift, Life like, that the wish is boundless in giving and in forgiving. The lesson being that most desires are suspect and lead to grievance, the lifting of which becomes the true granted wish...

09.30.2023

Mythological Creatures challenge @Mariah