SEASCAPE
Epic Adventures with Land, Air and Sea Critters
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Book One - Big Blow, Chapter Five
The noise caused everything in Seascape to vibrate, including the top half of Ollie Oyster's shell.
All the sea critters of Seascape were stunned when the vibrations rumbled through their beloved community.
The water shook.
The critters shook.
The Lucky Lookout Ledge shook.
The GREAT ROOM shook.
The coral reef shook
The pier pilings shook.
The beach shook.
The Jetty shook.
Helmet shook!
Everything and everybody shook!
Helmet had been moving toward the center of the GREAT ROOM when the blast occurred. It was so severe in strength that the impact caused him to stumble. He tripped and rolled on the floor of the GREAT ROOM while his shell tumbled along behind him...
...It was a scary moment in Seascape history.
Several Seascape resident critters thought the world was coming to an end. No wonder they had such thoughts, coral breaking loose from the walls of the GREAT ROOM and crashing to the floor, strange quivering shadows of vibrations flashing in the Seascape water, bubbles rising from beneath the floor of the GREAT ROOM, brilliant flashing light on the waters surface causing strange shadows behind the coral overhang of the GREAT ROOM. Yes, some critters were convinced that the world was about to stop.
Immediately Helmet grasps the problem.
Immediately, that is, after he picked himself up off of the GREAT ROOM floor and retrieved his shell. Helmet recognized that the critters would be very nervous and fearful and that something would need to be done in order for them to recover their composure. At first Helmet thought that it had been an excessively large blast of thunder which had followed a blast of lightening which had caused the noise and the light. But it had been a strange sounding thunder and it had been an unusual lightening.
Helmet knew that lightening, when it struck, could be seen in the water as well as in the sky. But this time there was no such effect in the water.
Mumbling to himself, Helmet bubbled, “Strange, indeed!”
It had not been lightening.
It had not been thunder.
But the question remained in Helmet's bubbles, “If not, then what?”
Rhetorically, Helmet blurted out the answer as a question, “An explosion?”
Helmet paused. And, after a moment of thought, he questioned, “But where?”
Instinctively, Helmet turned toward the reef. Apparently, to Helmet, who had ended up rolling on the floor beca
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About the Book
SEASCAPE is a tantalizing adventure into a unique world whose location envelopes it with magic mysteries. Objects as well as entities allow testing beyond the usual assumed abilities. Governments form, leaders move to the forefront, survival skills are tested, collegiality is pressed and more importantly, values shape actions. Trust, respect, freedom and demeanor are both defined and exalted when plausible by both peers and by foes. The challenges that are presented test the initiative and talent of those selected for leadership. Those dubbed to perform tasks and to lead generally are selected because of their innate talents or conditions. Crabs are loved, sharks are feared, whales are given space and Stingrays are allowed tantrums. It is the interchange that makes SEASCAPE unique. Helmet the hermit crab's treasure surrounds him whether it is sand, sea or other prized valuables but most importantly, his treasure is his shell.
About the Author
For nearly forty years as a parish pastor, Dr. Weagley was expected to communicate a stimulating message, weekly if not on demand. Volume, inflection and content were not always isolated tools. Frequently he used supports such as costumes, music and staging to facilitate the communication if not to keep people awake, sleeping people seldom hear well. From ventriloquism with a hand puppet, to a jig down the aisle and on to being drenched with Noah water from the ark, it became increasing clear that supports were not children tools. Using years of military experience, business acumen and pastoral insight, Helmet the hermit crab came to life as a concept absent concrete reality. The functional dynamics necessary in a crisis and the need to cooperate to survive when under siege were given life via critters living in a community called SEASCAPE. As a father of four, a grandfather of twelve and a great grandfather of three as well as having lived in the grist of life as a healer, as chaplain, as businessman and as pastor, he wrapped messages of values, ethics, demeanor and common sense around a fable and showed us how to work gently but firmly. SEASCAPE is a journey into fantasy that allows a fun ride to hope.