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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. 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
see it arrive, but it finally came. And David found himself with the spade held tightly under one arm, his jacket zipped up to his chin, gloves on, and scarf knotted, all ready to go. "To the west, this time," said the Phoenix, as David got up on its back. "This is the Monster's Pacific season, you know. Ready, my boy? Splendid! We are off!" Over the mountains and desert they sped, over the shore, out across the ocean. For a long time they hurtled through a huge blue loneliness, dark blue below, lighter blue above. Once they passed over a ship, a pencil dot trailing a pin-scratch of white. Another time they startled a high-flying albatross, which gave a frightened squawk and plunged down out of sight with folded wings. Aside from that, there was nothing to see until they reached the islands. The Phoenix slowed down to a glide 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. Y IT ALWAYS DOES WHEN YOU ARE ANXIOUS TO SEE IT ARRIVE BUT IT FINALLY CAME AND DAVID FOUND HIMSELF WITH THE SPADE HELD TIGHTLY UNDER ONE ARM HIS JACKET ZIPPED UP TO HIS CHIN GLOVES ON AND SCARF NODDED ALL READY TO GO TO THE WEST THIS TIME SAID THE PHOENIX AS DAVID GOT UP ON ITS BACK THIS IS THE MONSTER'S PACIFIC SEASON YOU KNOW READY MY BOY SPLENDID WE ARE OFF OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERT THEY SPED OVER THE SHORE OUT ACROSS THE OCEAN FOR A LONG TIME THEY HURTLED THROUGH A HUGE BLUE LONELINESS DARK BLUE BELOW LIGHT OR BLUE ABOVE ONCE THEY PASSED OVER A SHIP A PENCIL DOT TRAILING A PIN SCRATCH OF WHITE ANOTHER TIME THEY STARTLED A HIGH FLYING ALBATROSS WHICH GAVE A FRIGHTENED SQUAWK AND PLUNGED DOWN OUT OF SIGHT WITH FOLDED WINGS ASIDE FROM THAT THERE WAS NOTHING TO SEE UNTIL THEY REACHED THE ISLANDS THE PHOENIX SLOWED DOWN TO A GLIDE 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
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