72 
THE NORTHLAND BIRD LIFE 
shrimps and we say we don’t feel hungry?” 
Away they went then all in a straight row 
right down to the water, and in they plunged. 
They looked down into the water this way 
and that way very sharply, and very soon 
one of the youngsters spied a red-faced 
shrimp right down in the bottom on the sand, 
and down he bobbed, and up he came with 
the shrimp twisting in his bill. They all 
hurried over to the sand to feast on the 
shrimp. It was but a mouthful, however, 
and only made them more eager than ever 
to go hunting again. Out they swam, and 
they looked and looked and looked, but 
never another shrimp did they find. Pretty 
soon Philander said, “I see something brown 
sticking out of the sand!” 
“What is it? What is it?” the others all 
called in a chorus. 
“I’ll go down and see,” said Philander. 
Down he dove, and up he came with nothing 
in his mouth. 
“What was it? What was it?” the others 
demanded. 
