Syracuse University SURFACE Syracuse University Honors Program Capstone Syracuse University Honors Program Capstone Projects Projects Spring 5-1-2008 The Third Incident of JP Mercer a collection of short fiction Lauren Picard Follow this and additional works at: https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone Part of the Other Psychology Commons Recommended Citation Picard, Lauren, "The Third Incident of JP Mercer a collection of short fiction" (2008). Syracuse University Honors Program Capstone Projects. 513. https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone/513 This Honors Capstone Project is brought to you for free and open access by the Syracuse University Honors Program Capstone Projects at SURFACE. It has been accepted for inclusion in Syracuse University Honors Program Capstone Projects by an authorized administrator of SURFACE. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. 1 The Third Incident of JP Mercer 2 Marie Floating Over the Backyard When I was five, I thought I saw a woman fly. She was only sixteen at the time, but she was a woman in my eyes. I was out near the watermill, playing by the stream that ran through our backyard. I had discovered that when you pull a dandelion out of the ground there was this whole other half to them that nobody sees. Normally, all you can see are the soft fuzzy seeds that dance in the wind and get caught on your tongue if you breathe too close to them. At first, the weeds were hard to pull out. I had to tug and lean back on my heels before they gave way and sent me crashing to the ground.