From: "Clive May" 

Subject: Weekly Drabble Challenge - water

Date: 22 October 2003 21:33

Tears and Prayers.

A response to the drabble challenge - water.

by Clive May

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intended.



The TARDIS lay on its back, bobbing gently on an endless ocean.  Towering
over it, a fifty foot likeness of Nyssa, fashioned from the water, knelt upon
the waves.  The spirit of Ocean was preying devoutly to one of the pair
sitting on the box.

"But I was only crying because I was so happy," said Nyssa, blushing in
embarrassment; "and when my tears fell upon the water...it just happened."

"This ocean has special qualities," the Doctor explained.  "Your tears,
blessed by the Traken Union, have raised the ocean to sentience.  You have
become a Goddess to a planet-wide ocean."

The end