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Thoughts on The Curse of the Sea Witches: A Little Mermaid Graphic Novel

I’ve been in the mood for fantasy stories and mermaids lately, so I was happy to get The Curse of the Sea Witches: A Little Mermaid Graphic Novel . It is written by Rhonda Cleary, and the artwork is done by Valentina Brancati, Andrea Greppi, Lorenzo Fornaciari, and Marco Leoni. The Little Mermaid is one of my favorite fairytales, so I was eager to see what adventure was in store for Ariel in this graphic novel. In the graphic novel, Princess Ariel joins Prince Eric to Greenland, where the Royal Trading Company is working with the locals to build a port for trade. But when Ariel discovers that the construction is disturbing the Arctic mermaids that live there, and that a conflict between the Arctic mermaids and the humans is brewing, she becomes determined to convince the mermaids and humans to work together to come up with a solution to this issue. One thing I will say is that I love the art style, and the artwork is beautiful. I also like how the graphic novel depicts Ariel’s adventur...

Many Ways to Kill Gnats

There are many ways to kill gnats

It is not very hard to do

Just set out a nice, sinister trap

And they’ll stop pestering you.


You can put a banana in the oven,

Open the oven a smidgen,

Close it and turn up the heat

After letting the gnats fly in.


As they shrivel up and die

Of heat stroke and dehydration,

Watch as they give their inaudible cries

Of pain in their desecration.


Or put a pot on your stove, 

And put in pasta or peas,

Then when many gnats land on it to feast

Slam the lid on and be at ease.


Turn on the eye,

Watch those pesky gnats strain

To desperately escape,

Their agony and pain.


You can set out a small cup of vinegar 

And put a sticky fly trap above it,

Let the gnats gather round the vinegar

They do really love it.


Some will land on the sticky fly trap, 

And find themselves in a pickle,

They will try to get free to no avail

No matter how much they wiggle.



The others will be intoxicated

By the tangy vinegar they smelled

And one by one fall in and drown

Their thirst now eternally quelled.


There are many ways to kill gnats

All it takes is some imagination

And a strong will to end the gnats

Who cause feelings of consternation.

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