Fairy Tales
Everyone
is familiar with the popular animated Disney movies such as Aladdin,
Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White and throughout these movies there
is always a common theme; that the majority of little girls are captivated by
being a fairy tale princess. However, I secretly have to admit that I was not so
interested in the “princess” part, but rather in the fact that these characters
had a special connection with animals. I mean, how cool is it that Snow White
could sit in the middle of a forest and miraculously animals of all shapes and
sizes come out of the woods to be with her? How Princess Jasmin has a tiger
that can understand her thoughts and emotions? Or how Cinderella has birds that
helped her get dressed? I have found myself on numerous occasions, thinking I wish
I could beckon animals with a song or befriend wild animals like in the fairy
tales (which is probably why when I was a little girl, I dressed up in a
Princess Jasmine costume to show my rabbit at a 4-H competition).
Now as I sit
at the front of the patrol boat on Cocos Island eagerly awaiting the dolphins
that sometimes come to play in the boats bubbles, I wish that I could magically
translate to them that they are safe with me; that I would protect them; that I
can share their world in harmony. I would want them to be my messengers to the
entire undersea world and somehow teach them all about how to avoid being
captured by fishing hooks. I would not mind staying on the ocean forever (even
though I get seasick) if it meant I could save them, keep them company, and
receive their trust. Just enjoying their
presence, grace, and friendship would be enough for me.

"The world can be a terrible place, not because of the bad things that happen, but because of the good people who stand by and let them happen" [Albert Einstein].
by Jessica Robinson