. The great sea horse . horrible tale, Twill make your face become quite pale, Your eyes grow dim and your voice grow dumb! Fiddle, faddle, fum. It was a very hard tune to dance to, andthe words scared me nearly out of my wits, buteven the sponges opened and shut in time tothe music, and oh! how the seaweeds waved!I grew very dizzy, and the next thing I knewI was sitting on a cockle-shell, gliding overthe surface of the water, and pretty gulls withreins of seaweed were my horses. We pulled you out of the water, chuc-kled the gulls, for you have often fed us whenwe were hungry. Those dwarfs are
. The great sea horse . horrible tale, Twill make your face become quite pale, Your eyes grow dim and your voice grow dumb! Fiddle, faddle, fum. It was a very hard tune to dance to, andthe words scared me nearly out of my wits, buteven the sponges opened and shut in time tothe music, and oh! how the seaweeds waved!I grew very dizzy, and the next thing I knewI was sitting on a cockle-shell, gliding overthe surface of the water, and pretty gulls withreins of seaweed were my horses. We pulled you out of the water, chuc-kled the gulls, for you have often fed us whenwe were hungry. Those dwarfs are a mis-chievous lot; they didnt want to let you go;but the flying fish helped us, and now we aretaking you home as fast as we can to your dearmother and brother. And now, concludedPolly, I am so glad to be with you all oncemore that I will never be naughty again! I am glad to hear that, answered mother. Children who run off and do things withoutpermission generally get into trouble, it seems. 189 THE PINKIES OF THE SEA.
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