THE TOMCOD FAMILY REUNION 
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/ just had to sprout that water out. 
sea, tossing them high in the air and fright¬ 
ening them nearly out of their wits. 
“What’s that!’’ screamed Miss Specks in 
terror, as she tumbled back into the ocean 
with her bathing suit sadly mussed. 
“Pardon me!’’ came a great, heavy voice. 
There, with his head out of the water, was 
the biggest fish they had ever seen—the 
biggest, indeed, that anybody in all the world 
has even seen. “I didn’t mean to disturb 
you,” apologized Old Giant Whale. “But 
you see I just had to spout that water out, 
and I didn’t know you were there.” 
