CHAPTER II 
HOW SAMMY ESCAPED PROM THE SHARK 
AND MADE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THE 
HERMIT-CRAB 
Oh a wily old crab is the Hermit-Crab, 
And a crafty old crab is he ! 
His home he makes in a stolen cell, 
And the passing stranger he loves full well 
But beware of his hospitality ! 
For a hungry old crab is the Hermit-Crab, 
And a wicked old crab is he. 
“ Dear me ! what a very large place the 
sea is,” said Sammy. He had gone quite 
a distance before he realized that the 
occasion for hurry was now over, and 
then he rose gracefully to the surface and 
looked about him. Overhead stretched 
the blue sky speckled with fleecy, white 
clouds, and off in the distance a long 
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