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Kristi Gott

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Dreaming the Future Into Reality

Submitted to Contest #318

A wave crashed across the deck and the Captain hollered, "Grab that halyard. Release the line. Drop that sail." "Brighten the lanterns. It's too dark to see." The sun slipped below the horizon half an hour ago. Twilight still lit the sky but darkness was falling over the seas. The wind screeched through the rigging. The ship leaned, heeling over until the siderail was buried under the water. The ocean surged, bubbling and raging across the deck in the dim light. "Hold on." Shouts called. The wind replied with a roar. Voices yelled across the...

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Ocean of Time

Submitted to Contest #317

The child returned from the tidepools, singing, and carrying an object shaped like a giant egg. "It's the egg of an ancient creature. I found it. I was there." Her voice bubbled with wonder and joy. Wet and panting, the four-legged shadow that followed her everywhere, jumped around her, playing and twisting, wagging its tail. “Kakahiaka Noe, Foggy Morning, good dog, come here, silly thing.” The young girl's high pitched voice mingled with the sound of the waves. Back at the village many serious eyes watched from the hill. "What is this nonse...

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The Hidden Pearl Revealed

Submitted to Contest #316

Even Tomas did not know his true identity. Everything changed for the quiet deckhand on the wooden sailing vessel after the new travelers joined the next voyage. Tomas had hair that looked like the wet ropes he coiled on the decks and his pale eyes were the color of the sea in the fog. He seemed very ordinary. “So quiet, almost like a clam,” said one of the other sailors, nodding toward Tomas. “Yes, but I bet there are no pearls inside that clam,” said another sailor. The two sailors laughed. Tomas pretended not to hear them, although their ...

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The Sky Walking Dragon of the Ship Destiny's Dreams

Submitted to Contest #314

Before I grew into a blue, partly furry, partly scaley, four legged, flying, walking, and swimming being, with ears that can rotate and spin, descended from ancient creatures, my life began near the ocean. After I was born, I cuddled up to my mama most of the time. Then one day, someone picked me up. My heart gave a leap, and started pounding fast. I slipped and bounced in their arms, and opened my eyes wide. "Where was my mama? What was happening?" My thoughts whirled, my body twitched, and sharp, strange emotions filled me. Panic grew, and...

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Saving Ancestors' Stories Forever on Voyages of the Destiny's Dreams

Submitted to Contest #310

Even the stories, themselves, were afraid of being forgotten. They needed to be remembered forever, whether by oral telling or by written word. The stories carried the uniqueness that made Mariposa's people distinctive. The wisdom in the stories inspired, uplifted, and guided their lives. The beliefs gave their lives meaning, purpose, and sacred connections. For thousands of years, the stories and wisdom of Mariposa's ancient ancestors flowed through the spirals of time and space, passed along by the spoken word. Then Mariposa's generation p...

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Ocean Singer of the Night - Voyages of the Destiny's Dreams

Submitted to Contest #304

"Labyrinths of the wild,Nature entwined,Ocean's stories,Beyond time and mind."The voice of Ocean Singer wafted over the ocean.The canvas sails of the boat gleamed in the lantern light, beneath the stars and moon.A new tale bubbled up from Ocean Singer's mind.Something different had been carved into him by his recent experiences. His stories took on new shapes.Now, each night he wandered the mystical sailing ship decks. In the darkness, more stories sparkled in the depths and essence of his being.His lost storytelling skill was coming back. S...

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Deep Diver of Arctic Seas - Voyages of the Destiny's Dreams

Submitted to Contest #302

Deep Diver, the 4,000 elephant seal, swam through the twilight zone of the sea near the Arctic, where sunlight disappears in the water's depths.The Ice Age melt raised the seas where Deep Diver swam.He had a magnificent nose like the beginning of an elephant's trunk.It flopped up and down when he tossed his head. Deep Diver liked to inflate it with air to make it even larger. Then he could look more threatening when he faced rivals in battles on beaches.He and his kind were sensitive to patterns, currents, and flows in the ocean system.Each...

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Ocean Tsunami Surge Carries Away the Ship Destiny's Dreams

Submitted to Contest #301

White sails glided through the marine layer and into the bay.The promise of a peaceful anchorage beckoned. The 1800s wooden ship under square canvas sails waltzed over the waves like a sleek, beautiful woman.She was the mythical vessel known as the Destiny's Dreams on her world voyages.The sea reflected the sun's sparkle. The air caressed the skin with a light, warm touch. The ship settled at anchor with sounds of happy ripples on the water.But unseen rhythms of the sea were bringing changes.Soon the day turned into chaos.Earlier that mornin...

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Ancient Creatures of the Black Ponds on the World Voyages of the Destiny's Dreams

Submitted to Contest #300

A gigantic bone stuck up from the black goo like something beckoning from beneath the surface.It was the 1800s. Anya, the Storyteller of the Blue Lantern, stopped breathing and her heart pounded.Her thoughts raced. “The legends are true. It is them. Underneath. How many are there? What are they like?”The stories carrying ancient wisdom awakened deep inside of Anya. They bubbled up from somewhere beyond time.She could almost hear sounds coming from beneath the shiny dark surface of the seepage. It was neither liquid nor solid. The dark slime ...

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Royal the Dancing Sea Lion on the Ship Destiny's Dreams

Submitted to Contest #299

Royal the Sea Lion knew he could out-blubber all the other sea lions. He could out-roar them too. He loved the satisfaction of hearing his own guttural voice echoing over the ocean."So musical," he thought.He hauled his 1000 pounds of wobbling blubber across the sand to the ocean with ripples bouncing. He paused, and raised his head and neck in his favorite pose so he could be admired."Aaarrrrrgggghhh."He sent a raspy bark across the the water.Then he erupted like a volcano and spewed out another one even louder."AAAAaaaaaaarrrrrgggh." He si...

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Saved by Whales - World Voyages of the Ship Destiny's Dreams

Submitted to Contest #298

The ocean closed over Estrella's head. Under the water large shapes heard the splash. Their voices sang long "OOOooos" and made rapid clicks.A 49 foot long whale glided under the waves. Her baby whale calf floated next to her. More whales gathered in the undersea world.Then water bubbled around the teen-age girl. Something nudged her back up into the air. Then she could breathe.The thing moved against her legs. It felt slippery. She was not alone."Was it alive?"“What could it be?”"Would it hurt her?"Estrella choked on sea water, with her hea...

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The Wind Reader's Gifts - World Voyages of the Destiny's Dreams

Submitted to Contest #297

Anya spoke to the sea and sky. "Sister Dawn, I hear your whisper and I see you getting closer. Will you bring us wind today?""We have been here a long time in these hot days, with the ship' sails waiting for the wind. We are desperate."Anya was the Storyteller of the Blue Lantern, on the wooden sailing ship called Destiny's Dreams, voyaging over the seas in the 1800s.She was born deep in the wilderness, a child of the South American jungles and mountains. There ancient stories passed down by word of mouth carried wisdom and history for her p...

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The Shining Light of "One Who Knows" - World Voyages of the Destiny's Dreams

Submitted to Contest #287

"Even the ocean murmurs to the woman named One Who Knows," the ancient villagers said. "She shares our joys and sorrows. She senses the depths in our hearts.""Everything in nature has an essence of the unseen forces. The winds, the trees, the animals, the sun, moon, and stars, and the clouds in the sky all call and whisper to One Who Knows."Thousands of years ago, during the last Ice Age Melting, when the sea rose, the villagers felt their lives were like reeds in a woven basket, woven into the natural world by the Unseen.Someone then might ...

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Ancient Villages Beneath the Waves - Voyages of the Destiny's Dreams

Submitted to Contest #285

The story of the submerged village under the sea was in the journals from the 1800s found in the lighthouse keeper's house in the attic.The first page of one of the journals began, “Journal Entry 78 - I, Anya, the Storyteller of the Blue Lantern, am writing this beneath the towering sails of the clipper ship Destiny’s Dreams. We are anchored off the coast of what they call California near a large bay. The events I describe are real.”A flat rock rested near the journal that showed a carving of a small boy playing with a dog. A dusty lantern w...

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Rescued by the Giant Octopus - Voyages of the Destiny's Dreams

Submitted to Contest #281

“In the ancient codices, how does the sun come back after it sinks into the ocean on the longest darkness of the year?” When the storyteller Ana spoke, she saw the shining eyes of nineteen-year-old Xochitli, the scholar of Nahuatl ancient history and myths.Xochitli's face and eyes showed someone with depths that held many secrets. The young Nahuatl woman spoke. “The sun, Tonatiuh, he who goes forth shining, is reborn as a hummingbird. It is in the hieroglyphics of the ancient codices.”She continued. “We must find the ancient codice...

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