In Coral-Land 
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for it s very tiresome spending so much 
time in the Lagoon, so I found my way, 
through a passage known only to myself, 
out to the ocean, and such fun as I had 
sailing up and down ! To be sure I had 
to keep a pretty sharp outlook, for it is a 
dangerous place out there. However, 
nothing of any consequence happened, 
and I was beginning to feel a little dis¬ 
appointed, when suddenly, only a short 
distance away, I saw a school of large, 
pink fish, very much like you in appear¬ 
ance, and all swimming north. Never 
before in all my experience have I 
known a school of fish of that kind in 
our neighborhood ! It will be the talk 
of Coral-Land for a week. Excuse me, 
but I really must go and tell my family,” 
and abruptly upsetting his shell the Nau¬ 
tilus disappeared at once from view. 
For a moment Sammy hesitated. Gay 
