The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-08
TIE FIRST JOURNEY FROM
ON. GARDEN TO ANOTHER

Doris had yet noticed They were eaeh
like a brown spool crowned with petals
Of glass color, and each was as big as
a tumbler at least.
EVERYWHERE, lay beds of these flowers
of the sea. interspersed with growths
like fans. covered with tiny blossoms
and with crawling starfish. crabs, lob
sters in blue and green armor and cur
ious creatures like small hedgehogs.
Doris accidentally stepped on one of
these hedgehogs. 1t cracked like a wal
nut and Immediately turned inside out.
to the astonishrlent of its destroyer.
Yes assented the Mermaid. that was
a sea cucumbC You touch them, and
poufl they turn inside out. They do it
from spite. SUPP ass
But what's this?'' asked Doris, cap
turing and holding up a shell that had
been running away by jerks and starts.
why. we always called those cookie
Shells she continued in surprise "But
how lively it is"
THAT is q shooting clam. 1t gets along.
as you see. by shooting the water sud
denly out Of its she'll They're very tire
some. always hitting one unexpectedly
on the nose Even as the mermaid said
this a cookie suddenly took wing
backward from nearby shelf Of rock
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gaped and a long foot came out feeling
about Along the inside of the shell
Doris saw a row of beautiful blue spots.
that she rightly guessed were eyes.
Then the clam fell off her shoulder into
the mud.
Walking on throu IN the submarine
flower garden, Doris saw many wonder
ful sights. once she started to pick up
wriggiing starfish. whose fine arms
writhed about Ike serpents. This ser
pent star" as the Mermaid called if
was a royal purple IN color with lines
OF garnet red in bands along it's arms
Doris, however, attempted to place IL in
her hair. II was so pretty Lot at her
toucn the creature deliberately commits
! ted suicide by separating its fine arms
ana body into small pieces each Of
Whlch tried 10 burrow IN the muddy
/ moor. With a sigh Doris went on, and
made no further attempts to touch anv-
thing. What's the use?" she exclafrn-
ed The moment you touch anything
I IL either turns inside cut. closes up tight
bites you or breaks into piecesl 1t is 50
queer"
Look where you are going" cried the
Mermaid suddenly, as Doris was step
ping on what she thought was n moss
grown rock The rock immediately
rose and swan lazily away when Doris
saw that II was a huge fish nearly five
feet long, Of curious notified green
broWns and yellow colOrs. and no par
ticular shape whatever Why il seemed
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hidden IL mosslike flaments and its
BODY mad long streamers growing on it
exactly Ike the grasses around.
No wonder 1 did rot know il from the
weeds, she exclaimed. whatever is
1T IS an angler fish. explained the
them here. They Just hide until a choice
morsel comes swimming over. and then
they wave one OF their tassels al * and
oh. how mean Of them cried Doris
J. came near being a choice naOrseI nv
/ SER LOOK there's an odd creature-ohl
Indeed. at this moment they had come
70 great pile of mud and sand like "a
hiti, and from hole in the side was
Slowly issuing monstrous batlike crea-
The mermaid seized Doris and pulled
Het uoWn into a clump Of water cab
/ bage, where they watched in terror tbs
mOuStrous creature
Its sea devil. or giant skate. - wins
pered the Mermaid; they are wicked
! creatures. with q whole barrel of teeth
( III steir jaws Keep down.
The sea devil came slowly out II was
Z OF a brown notified color and at least
twenty-five feet across, 4 pair OF vast
/ Wlng-like flaps on either side waved up
/ and down slowly. As the creature
she say its great, cruel mouth wide
/ open. The teeth We're each as biz as
a saucer nattened. and lay over each
other like the shingles on a house Doris
shrddered when. an unfortunate fish
7 happening to rise from nearby thicket
/ the great bat-fish snapped IL 1p with a
+ clash ike pile of stones falling over
each other.
At length the sea devil having gone
/ the Mermaid rose and conducted Doris
/ toward a level spot, where the blue and
green clay was covered by q thick white.
sand. like snow. Let's sit mere for a
/ while" she suggested, before going 10
I the grottoes; we can have few mouth
I iuls, too"
Doris was getting hungry. and was
glad 10 have some oysters and clans
even II they were raw: but when the
I Mermaid offered her some bright red
/ seaWeed, looking like thin slices OF rub
Der. she declined. II felt as tough and
elastic as rubber. too.
why. it's dulce. and as good as can
be-" declared the Mermaid. 4 live on
II. Here is something delicious" and
she held out q small shell, with an
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