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"Should you like some breakfast, David?" said the Sea Monster. [Illustration] "No, thank you," David answered, "but you go right ahead. Phoenix," he added, "what _are_ you doing?" SHOULD YOU LIKE SOME BREAKFAST DAVID SAID THE SEA MONSTER NO THANK YOU DAVID ANSWERED BUT YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD PHOENIX HE ADDED WHAT ARE YOU DOING
tist can't hurt the Phoenix." "A few small coins will do," added the Phoenix, with a winning smile. "A louis d'or, for example, or some pieces of eight. After which you may bury the rest again." "_Please_, Monster!" David begged. The Monster looked at David, and at the Phoenix, and then at David again, and then at the lagoon. It sighed a very doubtful sigh. "Oh ... all right," it said reluctantly. "But for goodness sake, don't go telling anyone where you found it." "Of course not," said the Phoenix. And David leaped up and shouted "Hooray!" and grabbed the spade and his jacket. "The stuff is on the next island," said the Sea Monster. "I can swim over with you two on my back. This way, please--we have to leave from the outer beach." The Sea Monster was a magnificent swimmer. Its neck cut through the water like the stem of a Viking ship, and it left a frothing wake behind. Every once in a while it would plunge its head into the water and come up with a fish, which it would swallow whole. M AND WE NEED SOME MONEY TO CARRY OUT THE PLAN SO THE SCIENTIST CAN'T HURT THE PHOENIX A FEW SMALL COINS WILL DO ADDED THE PHOENIX WITH A WINNING SMILE A LEUIS D'ORE FOR EXAMPLE OR SOME PIECES OF EIGHT AFTER WHICH YOU MAY BURY THE REST AGAIN PLEASE MONSTER DAVID BEGGED THE MONSTER LOOKED AT DAVID AND AT THE PHOENIX AND THEN AT DAVID AGAIN AND THEN AT THE LAGOON IT SIGHED A VERY DOUBTFUL SIGH OH ALL RIGHT IT SAID RELUCTANTLY BUT FOR GOODNESS SAKE DON'T GO TELLING ANY ONE WHERE YOU FOUND IT OF COURSE NOT SAID THE PHOENIX AND DAVID LEAPED UP AND SHOUTED HOORAY AND GRABBED THE SPADE IN HIS JACKET THE STUFF IS ON THE NEXT ISLAND SAID THE SEA MONSTER I CAN SWIM OVER WITH YOU TWO ON MY BACK THIS WAY PLEASE WE HAVE TO LEAVE FROM THE OUTER BEACH THE SEA MONSTER WAS A MAGNIFICENT SWIMMER ITS NECK CUT THROUGH THE WATER LIKE THE STEM OF A VIKING SHIP AND IT LEFT A FROTHING WAKE BEHIND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE IT WOULD PLUNGE ITS HEAD INTO THE WATER AND COME UP WITH A FISH WHICH IT WOULD SWALLOW WHOLE
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