But, he was a strong swimmer

especially when he wasn't wearing his

............goggles,speedo,swimfins,underwater wristwatch,oxygen-tank.............

But when the octopus grabbed his leg

He remembered his buddy Mr. Fantastic

So his leg got as long

as long could be, before snapping (thanks HH - been too long away from this thread!)

As his tongue sometimes does when

when he'd eaten too much sherbert.

Or blown his nose to hard. . . . .

The octopus dragged him down, down

to the depths of the home

it shared with its seven brothers

, a massive web of tentacles which

all wrapped around Horatio, squeezing him