ere were only good quiet beasts, lyingabout like the black hulls of sloops, and blowing everynow and then jets of white steam, or sculling roundwith their huge mouths open, for the sea-moths toswim down their throats. There were no threshersthere to thresh their poor old backs, or sword-fish tostab… … 270 THE WATER-BABIES CHAP. in Peacepool, till Mother Carey sent for themto make them out of old beasts into new. Tom swam up to the nearest whale, and asked theway to Mother Carey. There she sits in the middle/ said the whale. Tom looked ; but he could see nothing in themiddle of the pool, but one…
Fairy tales · Chimney sweeps
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