title: The Drop in my Drink: The Story of Water on Our Planet
author: Meredith Hooper
description: Meredith Hooper was born in Australia. An Antarctic specialist, she has made several research trips to the continent. In 2000 she was awarded the Antarctica Medal by the US Congress. Her books for Frances Lincoln include The Pebble in my Pocket, which is the only children's book ever to be shortlisted for the Dingle History of Science Book Award.Chris Coady trained in Illustration at Manchester Polytechnic. A freelance illustrator of children's books, he has also worked for design groups in Manchester and London.
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  ### Droplet
  
  
  A Short Story Prequel to Water’s Blood
  
  
  Copyright 2013 The Writers Canvas, LLC
  
  
  Smashwords Edition
  
  
  By Elaine Calloway
  
  
  Connect with Elaine Calloway at
  [http://www.elainecalloway.com](http://www.elainecalloway.com/)
  
  
  License Notes
  
  
  Droplet is a work of fiction. Names, characters,
  
  
  places, and incidents either are a product of the author’s
  
  
  imagination or are used factiously. Any resemblance to actual
  
  
  persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely
  
  
  coincidental.
  
  
    
  
  
  ### DROPLET
  
  
  The first thing I remember was having an
  
  
  unquenchable thirst. That dry, bitter feeling that buries itself in
  
  
  your throat, begging for relief with an unrelenting
  
  
  stranglehold.
  
  
  “Your name,” a strong and commanding voice
  
  
  spoke, “shall be Brooke.”
  
  
  In the thick blackness, I couldn’t see
  
  
  anyone. Yet some form of liquid pooled around my ankles. Was I
  
  
  sinking? The rush of tiny particles under my feet must have sunk my
  
  
  body down by seve