She watched the purple mist rise off the

She watched the purple mist rise off the trees and wondered how long the rock where she squatted would hold. She slowly reached a tentacle out, thinking, "Well, at least it isn't

Hot and dry out here. The rain calmed her down and kept her tentacles nice and moist. The cool breeze relaxded her. She began to focus on how she will...

get revenge on the sushi chef that killed her relatives. She'd been forced to retire in Palm Springs. The dryness was a problem. So Ursula rolled herself in vaseline

. Her tentacles gained a gleam that would have made King Triton jealous. A knock on the door, it was Aquaman coming for some comfort and advice. "Ursula, I need to tell you a secre

-tion joke." "Not now," Ursula hissed. "I have a proposition," said Aquaman. "Can I tell you the joke if I call Ariel here?" "Throw in Flounder and you've got a deal," said Ursula.

So Aquaman intoned, "Do mermaids use knives or forks when they eat?" Ariel rolled her eyes and wished Ursula had not made this deal. "Neither, they use their fish fingers!"

"But of course" Aquaman murmured as Ariel lay out the feast of seaweed greens, shrimp ... & filet of giant sea-horse. Unseen in the ocean brine, Aquaman started to cry, "Storm?"

But Ariel was really the sea witch Ursula. Transforming into a giant Kraken she grasped the good detective by his tail and opened her maw to swallow him. JMan resorted to

the primal skills of his manatee mating dance to entrance her. Faking an amorous move to her face, he used his fins and tail to pummel her, and escaped the clutches of evil again.