How Sammy Went to Coral- 
Land 
“ Well, children,” said grandma, 
“ which shall it be, fairy stories, stories 
about giants, or ‘ really truly,’ stories?” 
They had been spending a month at 
the seashore, grandma, Bob and Eleanor. 
Little Bob had been very ill in the spring, 
and when hot weather came the doctor 
ordered sea air and sea bathing to bring 
back color to the pale cheeks, and strength 
to the thin little body. 
But Bob’s father was a poor country 
parson and there seemed no way to fill 
the doctor’s prescription. At this junc¬ 
ture grandma, like the charming fairy 
