Creative Writing: Oskar

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A strange day in July

As Edda and Oskar crept forward onto the fickle ocean shore, the tide tickled their feet with feathers of seaweed and sand. It was a sleepy morning in Iceland, the sky was painted in shades of violets and gold. This created a horizon that softly embraced the rocky terrain of the coastline. Oskar, as an imaginative child, who marveled at the marriage of sky and land. “ I do wonder, sometimes, if we are both part of land and sky.” “ Well, we must, for we touch both land and air, “ added Edda “ If I skip a stone, Why does It not come back, ” said Oskar “ Maybe It wants to be free, separation is natural” postulated Edda “ Perhaps, I shall skip a stone,” declared Oskar Oskar scoured the ground for
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Ambling from the ocean to the shore was a creature much like an amalgamation of a rabbit, a fox, and a cat. Though it curiously had mint green fur and a hole in its forehead. It hopped onto the shore and observed the two children. It slightly craned its neck clockwise as if to get a better angle on these two monsters. “May I have my stone back,” asked the mysterious …show more content…
The stone glowed brightly in the early morning light. Perhaps, even with a certain dramatic nature, the creature retrieved the stone from Oskar. Then, the creature embedded the blood red gem in its forehead. It was a very odd sight, this was. The beast then proceeded to turn its head clockwise again in a curious fashion.
“ Who are you,” asked Edda “ I am a carbuncle, we search for selflessness in humans,” said the carbuncle. “ Have you seen selflessness, does it exist,” asked Edda. “ I’m speaking to it right now, much more curious than I had imagined,” said the carbuncle with an inquizitive glow. “ Can’t naivete be good,” said Edda with a poignant rebuttal. “ Yes, yes, very much so ; all are naive to the wholeness of existence, but, it is those who are aware of this that are the most enlightened.” agreed the carbuncle. “ What a conundrum, what if the naive know they are so - then are they naive” Edda uttered ardently. “ Who knows,” said the carbuncle with a quiet irony. “ But irony is always loud,” included Oskar.
The carbuncle seemed to permeate a certain uneasiness. It was as if the being was questioning whether or not to continue. This brought about a certain gauche quietness.
“ Aha, ” exclaimed the carbuncle. “ What is it,” inquired Edda. “ I believe you to be the new owner of my gem,” explained the

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