The Sea Fairies
L. Frank Baum
192 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 1421817888
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Language: English
Publish: May 22, 2006
ChildrensClassicsFairy TalesFantasyFictionJuvenileMermaidsMiddle GradeNovelsYoung Adult
Nobody, said Cap’n Bill solemnly, “ever sawr a mermaid an’ lived to tell the tale.” “Why not?” asked Trot, looking earnestly up into the old sailor’s face. They were seated on a bench built around a giant acacia tree that grew just at the edge of the bluff. Below them rolled the blue waves of the great Pacific. A little way behind them was the house, a neat frame cottage painted white and surrounded by huge eucalyptus and pepper trees. Still farther behind that – a quarter of a mile distant but built upon a bend of the coast – was the village, overlooking a pretty bay.