1 88 Fish Stories 



broke every bone in his body. And at last, when the King 

 had exhausted his rage, the Jellyfish had no bones, nor any 

 fins, nor any tail, nor any legs, nor anything else in him but 

 just jelly. 



Ever since then, all the Jellyfishes there are in all the seas 

 have been just as this one was when the King had finished 

 with him. They all swim about in the water without a bone 

 in their bodies, without any fins, or any tail, or any legs. 

 Because their legs are all pounded to jelly, they never come 

 out on the land any more, but swim around in the sea. 

 And they open and shut themselves as they lie in the water 

 just like an umbrella, because it was an umbrella that the 

 great King used, and the spirit of reverence never dies out 

 in a faithful servitor. 



