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Title: The sea fairies
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919 Neill, John R. (John Rea), ill
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Publisher: Chicago : Reilly & Britton
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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devils wereslaves of Zog, the prince of the sea devils must know wherethe enchanted castle was located. I knew this prince, and where to find him, for he alwayslay on a hollow rock, on the bottom of the sea, and nevermoved from that position. His people brought food to himand took his commands. So I had no trouble in finding thisevil prince, and I went to him and asked the way to Zogscastle. Of course he would not tell me. He was even crossand disrespectful—just as I had expected him to be; so Iallowed myself to become angry and killed him, thinking hewas much better dead than alive. But after the sea devilwas destroyed, what was my surprise to find that all theseyears he had been lying over a round hole in the rock, andcovering it with his scarlet body! A light shone through this hole, so I thrust my head inand found a great domed cave underneath, with a splendidsilver castle built at the bottom. You, my friends, were atthat moment swimming toward me as fast as you could come, 216
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Chapter Twenty and the monster, Zog, my enemy for centuries past, was closebehind you. Well, the rest of the story you know. I would be angrywith all of you for so carelessly getting captured, had theincident not led to the destruction of the one evil genius inall my ocean. I shall rest easier and be much happier, nowthat Zog is dead. He has defied me for hundreds of years/ But, about that third pain, said Trot. If you donttell us now, I m afraid that I 11 forget to ask you. If you should happen to forget, just remind me of it,said Anko, and I 11 be sure to tell you. While Trot was thinking this over the swimmers drewnear to a great circular palace made all of solid alabaster,polished as smooth as ivory. Its roof was a vast dome, fordomes seemed to be fashionable in the ocean houses. Therewere no doors or windows, but instead of these several roundholes appeared in different parts of the dome, some beinghigh up and some low down, and some in between. Out ofone of these holes, which it

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