153 In the Dark of Night

The recipes expanded. Hao Ren could already figure out what the little mermaid would eat—everything of bamboo and wooden fibre.

Seeing that the little mermaid loved the cardboard as much as chopsticks, Hao Ron pulled some pieces of wood from the basement, cut them into smaller chunks, cleaned them and fed them to Lil Pea. The little mermaid lay floating in the water with her bloated stomach skyward, burping and murmuring to herself while she swam. She was into everything bamboo and wood—chopsticks, wood, paper and books. She could have gnawed on the TV cabinet if not for her overly tiny mouth. The waft of 'food' in the house made Lil Pea drool all the time. Hao Ren had to guard his table—the little mermaid would likely start gnawing on the ridge of the table legs.