Mer-queen Taria    .      "Pua lei, little flower,"     a voice crooned, "now       you're peaceful, I can     tell you've got the scent      of the sweet Maile      vine." A mermaid     queen, crowned in a        fragrant wreath of     white pimoe sea     flowers, had been     lying before Maile all     along, nestled     dreamily in a bed of        mossy limu.

from:  The Wishing Spiral  written and illustrated ©2003-2008