. The sea fairies . on his head and he grabbed and saved me,saying I would make a useful slave. By his magic power hemade me able to live under water, as the fishes live, and hebrought me to this castle and taught me to wait upon him,as his other slaves do. Is nt it a dreadful, lonely life? asked Trot. No, indeed, said Sacho; we havent any time to belonely, and the dreadful things Zog does are very excitingand amusing, I assure you. He keeps us guessing every min-ute, and that makes the life here interesting. Things weregetting a bit slow an hour ago, but now that you are here I min hopes we w
. The sea fairies . on his head and he grabbed and saved me,saying I would make a useful slave. By his magic power hemade me able to live under water, as the fishes live, and hebrought me to this castle and taught me to wait upon him,as his other slaves do. Is nt it a dreadful, lonely life? asked Trot. No, indeed, said Sacho; we havent any time to belonely, and the dreadful things Zog does are very excitingand amusing, I assure you. He keeps us guessing every min-ute, and that makes the life here interesting. Things weregetting a bit slow an hour ago, but now that you are here I min hopes we will all be kept busy and amused for some time. Are there many others in the castle besides you and Zog?asked Aquareine. Dozens of us. Perhaps hundreds. I ve never counted 136 Chapter Twelve them/ said the boy. But Zog is the only master; all the restof us are in the same class, so there is no jealousy among theslaves. What is Zog like? Capn Bill questioned. At this the boy laughed, and the laugh was full If I could tell you what Zog is like it would take me ayear, was the reply. But I cant tell you. Every one has adifferent idea of what he s like, and soon you will see himyourselves. Are you fond of him? asked Trot. If I said yes, I d get a good whipping, declared Sacho. 137 The Sea Fairies I am commanded to hate Zog, and being a good servant Itry to obey. If anyone dared to like Zog I am sure he d beinstantly fed to the turtles; so I advise you not to like him. Oh, we wont, promised Trot. But we re keeping the master waiting, and that is also adangerous thing to do, continued the boy. If we donthurry up Zog will begin to smile, and when he smiles there istrouble brewing. The queen sighed. Lead the way, Sacho, she said. We will follow. The boy bowed again, and going to an archway held asidethe curtains for them. They first swam into a small anteroomwhich led into a long corridor, at the end of which was anothercurtained arch. Through this Sacho also guided them, an
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