. The great sea horse . d hisfather. 1 THE GREAT SEA HORSE Now, dont put any such ideas in his head,George; its all a part with that nonsense youtell the child about the sea! whispered themother. When I grow up I am going to be Captainof a man-of-war, like father, said Roger; and I shall have brass buttons and a , please tell me more about the ocean,Daddy! I have been looking out of the win-dow from my bed and all I could see was thewater and that great cypress tree. As it grewdark, the tree seemed to turn into old blackmammys finger pointing at me; I musthave been half asleep, for I t
. The great sea horse . d hisfather. 1 THE GREAT SEA HORSE Now, dont put any such ideas in his head,George; its all a part with that nonsense youtell the child about the sea! whispered themother. When I grow up I am going to be Captainof a man-of-war, like father, said Roger; and I shall have brass buttons and a , please tell me more about the ocean,Daddy! I have been looking out of the win-dow from my bed and all I could see was thewater and that great cypress tree. As it grewdark, the tree seemed to turn into old blackmammys finger pointing at me; I musthave been half asleep, for I thought I heardmammy say, Now, chile, be a good chile anmind yo Ps and Qs, or the big Sea Horsewill come an eat you. Mammy says thereis such a thing as a water horse, but is there,Father ? If you will stop talking and go to sleep, Iwill tell you about one; yes, and about lots ofother finny and furry creatures too. So the little boy stopped, and the sailorman began; and these are the stories he told. 2 THE GREAT SEA HORSE.
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