The Firefox Conche Shell 6/29/09 - 7/10/09

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The waves were...
10:39 AM Jun 29th from web

crashing against the shore as she walked on the beach, letting the sand squish between her toes, all she thought about was
11:11 AM Jun 29th from web in reply to WeddingPlanner1

her life as a mermaid
2:39 PM Jun 29th from TwitterBerry

The gentle breeze swept through her waist-length chestnut hair. As she turned around she noticed hundreds of eyes gazing at her
10:39 AM Jun 30th from web

Poll: We need your help to progress the story. What happens next? http://poll.fm/11gpe
10:45 AM Jun 30th from PollDaddy

"We saw the ship sink! Are u the only survivor?" asked a man.
7:13 AM Jul 1st from TwitterBerry

@weddingplanner! "I don't know" said the beautiful girl, "but I hope not, the man I love was on that boat!" as she cried, she looked up
8:59 AM Jul 1st from web

lost her balance and fainted in a strangers arms. The crowd was perplexed. The language she spoke was foreign to them...and to all humans
9:11 AM Jul 1st from web

@weddingplanner... just then she came to. And she noticed that no one looked like her, they were all
11:11 AM Jul 1st from TwitterBerry

clothed and she was naked. When she spoke again they covered their ears this time
8:47 AM Jul 2nd from web

@weddingplanner1 because at first it hurt their ears! Then they realized it was the most beautiful music they ever heard. She was trying to
12:01 PM Jul 2nd from TwitterBerry

communicate...the same way she did under the water. Then a large gurgle was heard from deep inside her tummy and out came a big ugly
2:01 PM Jul 2nd from TwitterBerry

@weddingplanner1... frog, as soon as he jumped away she was able to talk in their language and they understood her. She was so hungry and
7:45 PM Jul 3rd from TwitterBerry

afraid. The frog hopped over to her and started talking
1:05 PM Jul 6th from TwitterBerry

"Coralee, what are you doing out of the water?"
3:20 PM Jul 6th from TwitterBerry

You will get
cancellara in 48 hours unless you return to the ocean." exclaimed the frog.
9:41 AM Jul 7th from web


Corolee replied, "But a scuba diver took the
firefox conche shell from our home. We need it...
9:46 AM Jul 7th from web



Poll: What should happen next in the story about the mermaid and the lost conche shell? http://poll.fm/11ubz
10:02 AM Jul 7th from PollDaddy


to detect the
Madoff's of the sea. They are scamming all of the oysters out of their pearls.
10:29 PM Jul 7th from web

RT @markie The frog noticed a beach shack w/various items 4 sale. In a basket of broken & dull carapaces & echinoderms, the conche glistened
10:47 PM Jul 7th from web

brightly.
11:24 PM Jul 7th from web

Coralee clumsily walked over to the shack with the frog. She took the shell out of the basket, but a pirate man grabbed her by the wrist.
7:45 AM Jul 8th from web

@WeddingPlanner1: @storyexperiment he threatened to kill her if she didn't
7:57 AM Jul 8th from TweetDeck


pay. She didn't have any money and he didn't have any hair. The frog recommended a trade.
9:07 AM Jul 8th from TweetDeck

@rebeccagrimaldi If she would help him to regain his humanity, he would help her
12:50 PM Jul 8th from TwitterBerry

w payment for the shell. 1st he needed a makeover so people wouldn't fear him. She cut a few strands of her hair & placed them atop his...
3:03 PM Jul 8th from TwitterBerry

balding scalp. Next Coralee took out her pearl earrings and filled the gaps between his teeth. She took hold of his decrepit hands &
7:56 AM Jul 9th from web

chanted a magic soho, "Can u sense it, can u smell magic casting a wonder spell, can u feel it, a magical glow, smile or laugh & let it go
8:42 AM Jul 10th from web

She couldn't remember the rest of the spell as Coralee was weakening. "Here, take the conche shell," said the pirate
8:44 AM Jul 10th from web


desperately. Coralee held the conche shell to her ears. Her strength returned and she continued reciting the
soho to the pirate. http: ...
10:57 AM Jul 10th from TweetDeck

http://bit.ly/1j4DI
10:58 AM Jul 10th from TweetDeck

After the spell, the pirate turned into a handsome looking man. He wasn't bald and skeletal anymore, he was muscular & a little
Harry even.
1:31 PM Jul 10th from TweetDeck

The pirate was overcome with foreign emotions of hope & compassion. Happiness exuded from his eyes until he saw her looking out
2:36 PM Jul 10th from TweetDeck

to the ocean. "I think it is too late to get the conche shell back in time, I can't swim like a mermaid anymore," cried Coralee.
4:31 PM Jul 10th from TwitterBerry

The frog volunteered to return the shell to its home.
4:50 PM Jul 10th from TwitterBerry

Coralee sat with the pirate staring out to sea for days for any sign of the frog and the salvation of the pearls.
4:59 PM Jul 10th from TwitterBerry

Finally clams started washing up on the shore. She opened one and inside was a beautiful pearl.
5:03 PM Jul 10th from TwitterBerry

The pirate opened one & handed it to Coralee. Inside this clam was a pearl ring. He placed it on her finger & asked, aargh matey, marry me?
5:08 PM Jul 10th from TwitterBerry

The end
5:08 PM Jul 10th from TwitterBerry

@rebeccaroyce @weddingplanner1 @markiepostman Thank you for your contribution to the storytime experiment. It became a love story =)
5:43 PM Jul 10th from TwitterBerry

This weeks trending topics were: Cancellera Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland retained the overall leader's yellow jersey with just a split-second lead ahead of Lance Armstrong after the 112.8-mile run from Gerona to Barcelona on Thursday. The tour ends July 26 in Paris. 
Firefox - the Firefox web browser was released this week.  To date the world's fasted web browser. 
Bernard Madoff - He received the maximum sentence - 150 years. He did not appeal it.
Harry - Harry Potter and the half-blood prince is released.  



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