On the third stair down from the platform at the station yesterday morning, there was a squid. The squid was dead. It had two arms reaching onto the second stair from the top, but the majority of it's body was firmly on the third stair. The other passengers walked past it without really noticing it, or at least, without really paying it any attention. I couldn't believe it! This was a mystery indeed. After extensive research, I have come to the following conclusions: I believe that there are three possible likely reasons for the squid to have been found like this:
- The squid was being carried to a fish restaurant in the station arcade area, and managed to flop out of the box it was being carried in onto the top of the stairs before its need for liquid overcame it. In this light the achievement is quite extraordinary and the squid should be praised for its remarkable, valiant effort.
- The squid was sucked into the air, out at sea by a freak water-based tornado and then unceremoniously dumped onto the ground at the station when the tornado suddenly blew itself out. I don't think that this is a particularly likely reason due to the scarcity of tornados in the area in recent weeks, although if indeed it is the real reason, the squid must be comiserated for its sheer bad luck.
- The squid, a prisoner-of-war at a Octopus internment camp, managed to escape with many of his fellow prisoners-of-war in an intended 250 prisoner-break, and having briefly studied Octopusese, had managed to fool the guards on an Octopus train into believing that he was an Octopus, only to fall prey to the oldest-trick-in-the-book and answers in Squidish when the cunning Octopus officer wishes him luck and then flees only to be gunned down when he reaches between the second and third steps of the station, so nearly out of reach of the Octopi guns, where he is discovered the next day by me. This is clearly the most likely explanation, especially with the infamous Octopi/Squid war that has been raging around us for years now. We can only pray that his sacrifice will inspire other Squid in the years to come.
