His head was round as a ball, but his ears were sharp-pointed and had tassels at the ends of them.

His nose was flat, and his mouth very wide indeed, but his eyes were blue and gentle in expression.

The white, stubby hairs that surrounded his face were not thick like a beard, but scattered and scraggly.

From the head, the long, brown body of the sea serpent extended to the hole in the coral wall, which was just big enough to admit it; and how much more of the body remained outside the child could not tell.
On the back of the body were several fins, which made the creature look more like an eel than a serpent.
"The girl is young and the man is old," said King Anko in a soft voice.

"But I'm quite sure Cap'n Bill isn't as old as I am." "How old are you ?" asked the sailor.
"I can't say exactly.