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Hey, smarty pants. Want a year of secret? Lean in close.

When I was your age, I wanted to be a mer person.

Huh?

You know, like a mermaid or a merman.

With a long tail and the ability to breathe underwater.

I'd be able to surf with the dolphins, play hide and seek with the fishes among the coral reefs,

chase sea turtles, and call under the sea my home.

Ah, one can only dream.

You wanted to be a mer person? Why is this the first I'm hearing of it?

Granny, what are you doing here?

What, you have a problem with a surprise visit from your dear grandma who loves you?

No, no, of course not. I just wasn't expecting you. Plus, um, working. Sorry, smarty pants,

that's my granny. Also, were you eavesdropping?

Eavesdropping, you're talking pretty loudly to a microphone.

Blabbing to all your smarty trousers.

Smarty pants, they're called smarty pants.

Whatever, I'd hardly call that a secret. Also, a mer person?

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