Well, I do not think I would ever be lucky enough to find the magic lamp, because I have no idea where Wauberg Lake is located. But, if by chance I happened to be granted the ability to turn myself into an animal, I would certainly choose a great white shark. .
I thoroughly admire sharks. Do not get me wrong, I am scared out of wits by them. But, they dominate the deep, blue seas. The idea of having control of something as immense as the ocean is quite a tantalizing thought. .
There is something about sharks that petrify people. First off, look at the movie Jaws. After watching that movie, countless people would not step on the beach, never mind go swimming in the ocean. More particularly, though, I recall a certain scene from the movie. The sheriff of the town wants to close the beaches down. But, it is a holiday weekend, and the mayor of the town, afraid to lose tons of money, convinces the sheriff not to. One thing the mayor says to the sheriff, I have always remembered. .
"When people hear things they react to them. When people hear barracuda, they look around and say, "What?" But when people hear shark, they run for their lives.".
Name recognition is everything, and sharks lead the pack in that category. .
The first thing I would do, after finding the ocean and dining on some delicious stripped bass, of course, would be to scare the living daylights out of someone. Being the kind and gentle person I am, I would certainly not hurt anyone. But, I would give some lucky ocean dweller a story to tell for their rest of their lives. Their version, obviously, would be they stared down a great white, and lived to tell. The truth, however, would remain at the bottom of the deep blue sea.
