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floated past, expanding and contracting 
its umbrella-shaped body, and waving 
about its long arms or tentacles. Queer 
fish of all shapes and sizes swam about, 
the larger ones eying the stranger curi¬ 
ously, the smaller keeping at a respectful 
distance. 
But Sammy had a very friendly feel¬ 
ing towards them all, and was just about 
to speak to a near-by fish, whose appear¬ 
ance seemed to indicate that he might 
belong to the Salmon family, when sud¬ 
denly there was a general hurrying out 
of the way on all sides. Many of the 
fish dived quickly below to hide in some 
convenient spot, and the more rapid 
swimmers took to their fins with great 
haste. 
Turning quickly to see the cause of 
the commotion, Sammy discovered a 
large, and very hungry-looking shark 
