ugly, and strangely bedizened too, like the old dandieswho lounge in the club-house windows. But just as Tom had thanked him and set off, hecalled after him: Hi ! I say, can you fly ? I never tried/ says Tom. Why ? VII A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY 247 Because, if you can, I should advise you to… … And away Tom went for seven days and sevennights due north-west, till he came to a great codbank, 248 THE WATER-BABIES CHAP. the like of which he never saw before. The great codlay below in tens of thousands, and gobbled shell-fishall day long; and the blue sharks roved above inhundreds, and…
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