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gue about the number of humps they forgot 
all about their fright and decided to go up 
and find out who was right. So up they 
came, each determined to stay long enough 
to see for himself, and stay up they did, 
though they were afraid. 
“There, I knew I was right—there are 
three!” cried Miss Puffin. 
“There, I am right—there are four!” 
chimed in Tommy. 
“You’re both wrong, there are five!” 
shrieked Miss Specks. 
Then all three began to look and look; then 
they began to laugh, and they laughed, and 
laughed, and laughed. For Old Sea Serpent 
was just Tusks the Walrus and his four 
brothers playing sea serpent. Tusks, you 
see, would stand on his hind feet in the 
water and poke his head out, looking very 
fierce. At the same time his oldest brother 
would dive head first and leave just the bend 
of his body above the water to make one of 
the humps, the next three brothers made the 
