84 How Sammy Went to Coral-Land 
not have been seen so soon. I’ve no 
patience with your stupidity ! ” 
“ Stupid yourself! ” snapped his brother 
Jabber. “ You know as well as I do that 
it is much the best plan to keep on a 
straight line with the prey we are hunt¬ 
ing. We can’t half see if we are far 
above or below. If you hadn’t splashed 
so loudly with your tail-” 
“I didn’t splash with my tail,” re¬ 
torted Slasher angrily. 
“ You did,” insisted Jabber. 
“ I say I didn’t! ” 
“ I say you did ! ” 
“ Well, well,” said grandma, as she 
paused to gather up her fancy work, 
“ everybody knows that a family quarrel 
is the worst kind of quarrel. But in 
this case the dispute had a speedy end¬ 
ing, for the two brothers fiercely at- 
