There once was a girl who just loved to swim and sail on a mysteriously legendary lake. One beautiful day during summertime play, the girl found herself stranded. She was smack dab in the middle of that lake. All alone and just a little afraid, the girl scratched her head and wondered how she had gotten there. The goosebumps rose from her head to her toes as she had the strangest of feelings. Prickles prickled on the back of her neck telling her someone was watching. Frantically the girl looked left and then she looked right...absolutely no one was in sight. A sudden stirring deep underneath down, down, down the cold murkey depths.... Bottomless fear held the girl in tight in it's grip. Searching she struggled frantically for someone to save her. The water beneath her bubbling, churning, swishing and frothing. Something was emerging from the deep dark. An eye, a massive eye looking back at the girl.... Filled with an ancient warning. A stern look stared back at the girl as if to say, " You should know better, little girl, it's not safe for you out here, I AM WATCHING!" With a swish and a flash and a blink of an eye, the girl was back on shore. The girl now dazed and amazed and understanding, the legends were actually true! The fables of old, a warning foretold for all to respect the bottomless depths of the home for the One who the locals fondly call Ogie.
By Leslie Flamand
A children's story
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Ogie and the girl is based on an experience Bevan once had in Okanagan Lake one summer. It will eventually be an illustrated children's book. ( God willing)
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