BABY LOON LEARNS TO PLAY SUBMARINE 63 
and only the Laughing Loon family have 
ever learned to play it well. It’s a very good 
game to know, too, for it has saved many 
a Laughing Loon’s life, I assure you.” 
Baby became quiet at these words, but 
she was still very anxious to learn the new 
game, and trotted along eagerly by her 
mother’s side till they reached the water’s 
edge. 
“You stay here and watch me .very 
closely,” said Mrs. Laughing Loon as she 
went splashing away in the sea. 
Baby watched her very closely as she 
went sailing grandly away to deep water. 
Then all of a sudden she rubbed her eyes 
and looked hard. She looked again and 
again. Her mother had disappeared! What 
could have happened? Had some great sea 
monster come along and seized her? Where 
could she be? 
Just when Baby was about to give up 
for lost and was planning to hasten home to 
tell her poor little brother and sister, her 
