. The sea fairies . derstood are very com-mon. You are sure to respect those you cant understand, foryou feel that perhaps they know more than you do. About how long do you happen to be? inquired CapnBill. :When last measured, I was seven thousand four hundredand eighty-two feet, five inches and a quarter. I m not sureabout the quarter, but the rest is probably correct. Adammeasured me when Cain was a baby. :Where s the rest of you, then? asked Trot. Safe at home, I hope, and coiled up in my parlor, an-swered the Sea Serpent. When I g3 out I usually takealong only what is needed. It saves a lo
. The sea fairies . derstood are very com-mon. You are sure to respect those you cant understand, foryou feel that perhaps they know more than you do. About how long do you happen to be? inquired CapnBill. :When last measured, I was seven thousand four hundredand eighty-two feet, five inches and a quarter. I m not sureabout the quarter, but the rest is probably correct. Adammeasured me when Cain was a baby. :Where s the rest of you, then? asked Trot. Safe at home, I hope, and coiled up in my parlor, an-swered the Sea Serpent. When I g3 out I usually takealong only what is needed. It saves a lot of bother and I can 60 The Sea Fairies always find my way back in the darkest night, by just coilingup the part that has been away. Do you like to be a sea serpent? inquired the child. Yes, for I m King of my Ocean, and there is no other sea serpent to imagine he is just as good as I am. I have two brothers who live in other oceans, but one is seven inches shorter than I am, and the other several feet shorter. Its. curious to talk about feet when we have nt any feet, is ntitT Seems so, acknowledged Trot. I feel I have much to be proud of, continued Anko, in adreamy tone; my great age, my undisputed sway, and myexceptional length. 61 Chapter Five I dont blieve I d care to live so long, remarked CapnBill, thoughtfully. So long as seven thousand four hundred and eighty-twofeet, five inches and a quarter? asked the Sea Serpent. No; I mean so many years, replied the sailor. But what can one do, if one happens to be a sea ser-pent*? Anko inquired. There is nothing in the sea that canhurt me, and I cannot commit suicide because we have nocarbolic acid, or firearms, or gas to turn on. So it is nt amatter of choice, and I d about as soon be alive as dead. Itdoes not seem quite so monotonous, you know. But I guessI ve stayed about long enough; so I 11 go home to and see me, when you have time. Thank you, said Trot; and Merla added: I 11 take you over to his majestys palace
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