TOMMY DISCOVERS OLD SEA SERPENT 41 
Miss Specks had recovered a little from her 
fright she began to doubt whether, after all. 
Old Sea Serpent really was about. Presently 
she said with her eyes, “I’m going to get my 
breath and see if he is really there.” 
Up she went. And down she came again 
with only half a breath of air, her eyes bulg¬ 
ing just as Tommy’s had done and saying 
much more plainly than words: “Yes indeed! 
It is Old Sea Serpent, his very own self!” 
What were those three timid little people 
to do? There they were, down under the 
sea and not able to breathe at all, and yet 
afraid of their lives up where there was plenty 
of air! But Little Miss Puffin was a very 
strong hearted young person, so she finally 
decided to go up and see for herself. Back 
she came, too, with the very same story to 
tell. 
“Yes indeed!” she said in the sign language, 
“I saw him too. There were his great, white 
fearful fangs and his awful mouth; and there 
was one hump, two humps, three humps on 
his back, and then there was his awful tail.” 
