. The sea fairies . THE three swam slowly along, quite enjoying the cooldepths of the water. Every little while they met with somestrange creature—or one that seemed strange to the earthpeople—for although Trot and Capn Bill had seen manykinds of fish, after they had been caught and pulled from thewater, that was very different from meeting them in their ownelement, face to face/ as Trot expressed it. Now that thevarious fishes were swimming around free and unafraid intheir deep-sea home, they were quite different from the gasp-ing, excited creatures struggling at the end of a fishline, orflop
. The sea fairies . THE three swam slowly along, quite enjoying the cooldepths of the water. Every little while they met with somestrange creature—or one that seemed strange to the earthpeople—for although Trot and Capn Bill had seen manykinds of fish, after they had been caught and pulled from thewater, that was very different from meeting them in their ownelement, face to face/ as Trot expressed it. Now that thevarious fishes were swimming around free and unafraid intheir deep-sea home, they were quite different from the gasp-ing, excited creatures struggling at the end of a fishline, orflopping from a net. Before long they came upon a group of large fishes lyinglazily near the bottom of the sea. They were a dark colorupon their backs and silver underneath, but not especiallypretty to look at. The fishes made no effort to get out of. Chapter Seven Merlas way and remained motionless, except for the gentlemotion of their fins and gills. Here, said the mermaid, pausing, is the most aristo-cratic family of fish in all the sea. What are they? asked the girl. Codfish, was the reply. Their only fault is that theyare too haughty and foolishly proud of their pedigree. Overhearing this speech one codfish said to another, in avery dignified tone of voice: What insolence! Is nt it? replied the other. There ought to be a lawto prevent these common mermaids from discussing theirsuperiors. My sakes! said Trot, astonished; how stuck up theyare, are nt they? For a moment the group of fishes stared at her one of them remarked in a disdainful manner: Come, my dears, let us leave these vulgar creatures. Im not as vulgar as you are! exclaimed Trot, muchoffended by this speech. Where I came from we only eatcodfish when there s nothing else in the house to eat. How absurd! observed one of the creatures, arrogantly. Eat cod
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