The Manfish
by Fabrice Schomberg

There was once a man

 who decided he wouldn't enter the sea until he grew fins and scales just like a fish, so that he could swim like one.  The man waited and waited but nothing happened.  He just stood there, waiting,

till this day.

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edited by Janet Cartlidge

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copyright © 2013 Fabrice Schomberg

image: Fish Eye © 2006/7 Robert Gligorov ~ www.hystery.net ~

soundscape: Daniel Davidovsky © 2016

The Manfish by Fabrice Schomberg soundscape by Daniel Davidovsky

Platypus 
by Fabrice Schomberg

If he were a platypus,

 he’d understand me. If he were a giraffe, he could understand me. If he were an elephant, he would understand me. If he were a fly, he’d relate to me. If he were myself, he would stand by me. If I were myself,

I’d be better understood.

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inspired by Koen Freeke, edited by Janet Cartlidge

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recited by Fabrice Schomberg

soundscape by George Tas © 2016 (aka @Baron-Lakwa)www.tideland.studio

Platypus By Fabrice Schomberg soundscape By George Tas

Mother Nature
by Fabrice Schomberg

There was once a dolphin, that met another dolphin

and together they had a lovely baby dolphin.

  Then came a fisherman who cast his nets into the water to catch tuna, but sharks and dolphins got caught too.

  Sadly, the dolphin parents became entangled and choked. The orphaned baby dolphin, however, managed to escape as he was small enough to slip through the gaps.

  There was also another dolphin that did not get caught in the nets because of her size. She was a killer whale, a large dolphin that quite liked to eat other sorts of cetaceans.

  However, when the whale came upon the baby dolphin she thought he was adorable and wanted to adopt and take care of him. So she did not eat him but loved him very much. In fact she loved him so much,

that she ended up eating him after all.

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Mother Nature written and recited by Fabrice Schomberg
Edited by Janet Cartlidge
Mastering by Alon Cohen
Photograph by Tiago Fioreze

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Mother Nature by Fabrice Schomberg

a Great man
by Fabrice Schomberg

He was not lazy.

It’s just that he found no point in doing things. Not that he couldn't do them, but what was the point? And he could do lots of things, great things: program computers, talk to people, build buildings, plan, strategise, think, do, walk. Lots of things. But he found no point in doing these things, and for very valid reasons.

He could reach far and wide with thought, and foresee the realisation of each action.

In his view, the end would ultimately culminate in what would be its pointless beginning, ‘Start One’, as he put it. There is one beginning that ends where it began, so why do it? He was not lazy, he was a great man,

that didn't do much.

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a Great man written and recited by Fabrice Schomberg
Edited by Janet Cartlidge
Music Composed by Alon Cohen
Photograph by See-ming Lee

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