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The Sea Monster was immense. Its body could have filled the living room at home. Its neck was twenty feet long, and so was its tail (which ended in a barbed point). THE SEA MONSTER WAS IMMENSE ITS BODY COULD HAVE FILLED THE LIVING AT HOME ITS NECK WAS TWENTY FEET LONG AND SO WAS ITS TAIL WHICH ENDED IN A BARBED POINT
 coral atolls of the Pacific, my boy," it called over its shoulder. "That lake in the center of each island is called the lagoon." David was enchanted by the atolls. They were made of tiny islets, strung together like the beads of a necklace. And the colors! The dark blue of the sea became lighter around the islands, melting from sapphire to turquoise to jade. The atolls were ringed with dazzling white surf and beach, and they all had cool green swaths of palm trees and underbrush. And each lagoon also had its varying shades of blue, like the outer sea. "I fear we may have trouble, my boy," said the Phoenix, as they scanned the empty beaches. "The Monster shifts about from island to island to avoid discovery. We shall just have to search." And search they did, atoll after atoll, until at the end of an hour they were rewarded. David suddenly spotted a dark object stretched out on the beach of a lagoon, and at the same time the Phoenix said "Aha!" triumphantly. They began to spiral down. DE AND DROPPED LOWER THESE ARE THE CORAL ATOLLS OF THE PACIFIC MY BOY IT CALLED OVER ITS SHOULDER THAT LAKE IN THE CENTER OF EACH ISLAND IS CALLED THE LAGOON DAVID WAS ENCHANTED BY THE ATOLLS THEY WERE MADE OF TINY ISLETS STRUGGED TOGETHER LIKE THE BEADS OF A NECKLACE AND THE COLORS THE DARK BLUE OF THE SEA BECAME LIGHTER AROUND THE ISLANDS MELTING FROM SAPPHIRE TO TURQUOISE TO JADE THE ATOLLS WERE RINGED WITH DAZZLING WHITE SURF AND BEECH AND THEY ALL HAD COOL GREEN SWATHS OF PALM TREES AND UNDERBRUSH AND EACH LAGOON ALSO HAD ITS VARYING SHADES OF BLUE LIKE THE OUTER SEA I FEAR WE MAY HAVE TROUBLE MY BOY SAID THE PHOENIX AS THEY SCANNED THE EMPTY BEACHES THE MONSTER SHIFTS ABOUT FROM ISLAND TO ISLAND TO AVOID DISCOVERY WE SHALL JUST HAVE TO SEARCH AND SEARCH THEY DID ATOLL AFTER ATOLL UNTIL AT THE END OF AN HOUR THEY WERE REWARDED DAVID SUDDENLY SPOTTED A DARK OBJECT STRETCHED OUT ON THE BEACH OF A LAGOON AND AT THE SAME TIME THE PHOENIX SAID AHA TRIUMPHANTLY THEY BEGAN TO SPIRAL DOWN
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