[The Sea Fairies by L. Frank Baum]@TWC D-Link bookThe Sea Fairies CHAPTER 5 8/10
I'm not sure about the quarter, but the rest is probably correct.
Adam measured me when Cain was a baby." "Where's the rest of you, then ?" asked Trot. "Safe at home, I hope, and coiled up in my parlor," answered the Sea Serpent.
"When I go out, I usually take along only what is needed. It saves a lot of bother and I can always find my way back in the darkest night by just coiling up the part that has been away." "Do you like to be a sea serpent ?" inquired the child. "Yes, for I'm King of my Ocean, and there is no other sea serpent to imagine he is just as good as I am.
I have two brothers who live in other oceans, but one is seven inches shorter than I am, and the other several feet shorter.
It's curious to talk about feet when we haven't any feet, isn't it ?" "Seems so," acknowledged Trot. "I feel I have much to be proud of," continued Anko in a dreamy tone.
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