B IS FOR BENTHOS #ATOZCHALLENGE

B is for Benthos #AtoZChallenge

4/2/2019

My theme is Learn A Word in 100 Words. Each day I will showcase a new word and include it in a short flash fiction. I hope you enjoy.

Benthos
1: The flora and fauna found on the bottom, or in the bottom sediments, of a sea or lake

Thick benthos layered the sea floor. Rays of sunlight filtered through the water. It caught the reflection of something silvery. I plucked the item from the corral. It was long and slender with a scooped end.

I turned it over in my hands. What did land dwellers use this for?

Stowing it in the bag I had salvaged from a sunken vessel, I swam home. There, I displayed my new treasure. My mate thought my hobby was a waste of time, but the dry world fascinated me. One day, I would go there. I just had to figure out how.

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8 Comments

Kate Larkindale link

4/2/2019 10:34:23 am

oooh! What a gorgeous word. I will have to remember that one,

Random Musings link

4/2/2019 12:49:27 pm

Oh I love the little mermaid feel to this and I'm guessing the item was a spoon?
Debbie

Alex J. Cavanaugh link

4/2/2019 03:38:44 pm

Until she realizes the truth - there is no spoon...
(Name that movie!)

Liz A. link

4/2/2019 07:14:40 pm

This reminds me a bit of something that I used to do on Twitter. It was called the 15 minute tweet tale. A fellow Twitterer would give us a word, something new to us, and we'd create a "story" for it in a tweet.

Tasha Duncan-Drake link

4/3/2019 02:52:57 am

What a great story, and I love the word - never heard it before. I love that your sea dweller isn't running for the land for love, but from curiosity. :)
Tasha
Tasha's Thinkings - Ghost Stories - https://tashasthinkings.blogspot.com/

Jemima Pett link

4/3/2019 04:03:18 am

It's a great word, and its derivatives apply to all aspects of the deepsea world. So benthic regions would be the very deep parts of the oceans. Okay, so much for my oceanography course!!
(on the other hand, I know very little about the great works of literature!)