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Title: The sea fairies
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919 Neill, John R. (John Rea), ill
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Publisher: Chicago : Reilly & Britton
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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t wiggle. You re wigglin5 all right now, observed Trot.Thats a fine tail you ve got, Capn, an its green scalesis jus beautiful. Are they green, eh? he asked, twisting around to tryto see them. Green as emraids, Capn. How do they feel*? Feel, Trot—feel? Why, this tail beats that ol woodenleg all holler! I kin do stunts now that I could nt a donein a thousand years with ol peg. And dont be afraid of the rheumatism, advised thePrincess. No mermaid ever catches cold or suffers pain inthe water. Is Capn Bill a mermaid now? asked Trot. Why, he s a merman, I suppose, laughed the prettyprincess. But when he gets home he will be just CapnBill again. Wooden leg an all? inquired the child.To be sure, my dear. The sailor was now trying his newly-discovered powersof swimming, and became astonished at the feats he couldaccomplish. He could dart this way and that with wonderfulspeed, and turn and dive, and caper about in the water farbetter than he had ever been able to do on land—even before 34
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he Sea Fairies he got the wooden leg. And a curious thing about this presentexperience was that the water did not cling to him and wethim, as it had always done before. He still wore his flannelshirt and pea-jacket, and his sailor cap; but although he wasin the water, and had been underneath the surface, the clothstill seemed dry and warm. As he dived down and cameup again the drops flashed from his head and the fringe ofbeard, but he never needed to wipe his face or eyes at all. Trot, too, was having queer experiences and enjoyingthem. When she ducked under water she saw plainly every-thing around her, as easily and distinctly as she had everseen anything above water. And by looking over her shoul-der she could watch the motion of her new tail, all coveredwith pretty iridescent pink scales, which gleamed like jewels.She wore her dress, the same as before, and the water failedto affect it in the least. She now noticed that the mermaids were clothed, too, andtheir exquisite gowns were

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