"I'm a sailor jes' a-visitin' the mermaids." "Our friends are earth dwellers," explained the Queen.
"That's odd," said Muffruff.

"I can't remember that any earth dwellers ever came this way before.

I never travel far, you see, for I'm chief of this disorderly family of seals that live on this island--on it and off it, that is." "You're a poor chief," said a big turtle lying beside the seal.

"If your people are disorderly, it is your own fault." Muffruff gave a chuckling laugh.

Then, with a movement quick as lightning, he pushed his head under the shell of the turtle and gave it a sudden jerk.