Leo had just finished his shower. He’d fought dragons made of shampoo suds and piloted his rubber duck through a tornado of steam. But as he stepped out, towel wrapped around his waist like a superhero’s cape, something terrible happened.
He stopped fighting. He stopped hopping. He just lay still, breathing slowly. water in ear after shower
A single, rogue droplet of water slipped past his towel and lodged itself deep inside his left ear. Leo had just finished his shower
And inside his ear, a tiny, high-pitched echo began: Swish… echo… swish… He stopped fighting
“It’s not a trick!” Leo insisted, hopping on one foot and slapping the side of his head like he was trying to wake up a lazy goldfish. “There’s a tiny sailor in there. I can hear him rowing.”
But for just a second, he could have sworn he heard a faint, distant echo: Thank you.