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Some of it was very severe. In fact, once I  " "Once I had the whole North Atlantic fleet after _me_," the Sea Monster interrupted proudly. SOME OF IT WAS VERY SEVERE IN FACT ONCE I ONCE I HAD THE WHOLE NORTH ATLANTIC FLEET AFTER ME THE SEA MONSTER INTERRUPTED PROUDLY
"Yes," it said, heaving a third sigh, "I was. From the very beginning, much against my will. Guns all over the place! Terrible!" "Did they shoot you?" David asked, horrified. "Well, _at_ me, anyway. I'm thankful to say they never hit me, but there were some pretty near misses. All the oceans were simply packed with ships. I couldn't lift my head out of water without bringing down a perfect rain of shells and bullets." "The _intelligent_ thing in that case," the Phoenix broke in with a sniff, "would have been to stay _under_ water." "Thank you, Phoenix," said the Sea Monster dryly. "But I _do_ like to breathe now and then. Anyway, I wasn't safe even under water. They'd drop depth charges on me. One ship even launched a torpedo at me!" "How awful!" said David. "Tut! my boy," said the Phoenix. "I have no doubt our friend is stretching the truth shamelessly. You need not look so smug, Monster. You were not the only one in the war. _I_ have gone through anti-aircraft fire a number of times. TER WAS OBVIOUSLY DELIGHTED TO HAVE SOMEONE LISTEN TO ITS TROUBLES YES IT SAID HEAVING A THIRD SIGH I WAS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING MUCH AGAINST MY WILL GUNS ALL OVER THE PLACE TERRIBLE DID THEY SHOOT YOU DAVID ASKED HORRIFIED WELL AT ME IN A WAY I'M THANKFUL TO SAY THEY NEVER HIT ME BUT THERE WAS SOME PRETTY NEAR MISSES ALL THE OANS WERE SIMPLY PACKED WITH SHIPS I COULDN'T LIFT MY HEAD OUT OF THE WATER WITHOUT BRINGING DOWN A PERFECT RAIN OF SHELLS AND BULLETS THE INTELLIGENT THING IN THAT CASE THE PHOENIX BROKE IN WITH A SNIFF WOULD HAVE BEEN TO STAY UNDER WATER THANK YOU PHOENIX SAID THE SEA MONSTER DRYLY BUT I DO LIKE TO BREATHE NOW AND THEN ANYWAY I WASN'T SAFE EVEN UNDER WATER THEY DROPPED DEPTH CHARGES ON ME ONE SHIP EVEN LAUNCHED A TORPEDO AT ME HOW AWFUL SAID DAVID TUT MY BOY SAID THE PHOENIX I HAVE NO DOUBT OUR FRIEND IS STRETCHING THE TRUTH SHAMELESSLY YOU NEED NOT LOOK SO SMUG MONSTER YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE IN THE WAR I HAVE GONE THROUGH ANTI AIRCRAFT FIRE A NUMBER OF TIMES
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