pped right into Toms face, and staredat him in the most impudent way (for the mollys areaudacious felkrvvs, as all whalers know), and then askedhim where he hailed from, and what land he sighted last 264 THE WATER-BABIES CHAP. And, when Tom told him, lie seemed pleased, andsaid he was a good… … and well een work out a bit of our time by helpingthe lad. So the mollys took Tom up on their backs, andflew off with him, laughing and joking—and oh, howthey did smell of train oil! Who are you, you jolly birds ? asked Tom.: We are the spirits of the old Greenland skippers(as every sailor knows),…
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