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The Sea Monster sighed sadly, but its whiskers were beginning to rise again. "The Monster bears up very well under this fearful strain  don't you think so, my boy? A splendid example for the rest of us. Magnificent." The Sea Monster's whiskers were quivering with pleasure. THE SEA MONSTER SIGHED SADLY BUT ITS WHISKERS WERE BEGINNING TO RISE AGAIN THE MONSTER BEARS UP VERY WELL UNDER THIS FEARFUL STRAIN DON'T YOU THINK SO MY BOY A SPLENDID EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF US MAGNIFICENT THE SEA MONSTER'S WHISKERS WERE QUIVERING WITH PLEASURE
onster, looking rather ruffled, pointedly turned from the Phoenix and said to David, "What should you like to do, David?" David suddenly remembered what they had come for, and the excitement rushed back into his heart. He opened his mouth to cry "We want to dig for treasure!" and then stopped short. Asking for money, he knew, was an impolite thing to do--especially from someone you had only just met. And there was no telling how the Sea Monster might feel about people nosing around for its treasure. So he looked at the Phoenix and waited for it to speak. The Phoenix caught David's glance, cleared its throat several times, and looked apologetically at the Sea Monster. "Monster, old chap," it said soothingly, "I am deeply sorry for having doubted you just now. Deeply sorry." "Quite all right," said the Sea Monster stiffly. "Yes," the Phoenix continued, "we both know that you have passed through perilous times, through dangers which (I must confess) would have left _me_ a shattered wreck. ERE YOU ARE THE PHOENIX CROWED THE SEA MONSTER LOOKING RATHER RUFFLED POINTEDLY TURNED FROM THE PHOENIX AND SAID TO DAVID WHAT SHOULD YOU LIKE TO DO DAVID DAVID SUDDENLY REMEMBERED WHAT THEY HAD COME FOR AND THE EXCITEMENT RUSHED BACK INTO HIS HEART HE HOPE OPENED HIS MOUTH TO CRY WE WANT TO DIG FOR TREASURE AND THEN STOPPED SHORT ASKING FOR MONEY HE KNEW WAS AN IMPOLITE THING TO DO ESPECIALLY FROM SOME ONE YOU HAD ONLY JUST MET AND THERE WAS NO TELLING HOW THE SEA MONSTER MIGHT FEEL ABOUT PEOPLE NOSING AROUND FOR ITS TREASURE SO HE LOOKED AT THE PHOENIX AND WAITED FOR IT TO SPEAK THE PHOENIX CAUGHT DAVID'S GLANCE CLEARED ITS THROAT SEVERAL TIMES AND LOOKED APOLOGETICALLY AT THE SEA MONSTER MONSTER OLD CHAP IT SAID SOOTHINGLY I AM DEEPLY SORRY FOR HAVING DOUBTED YOU JUST NOW DEEPLY SORRY QUITE ALL RIGHT SAID THE SEA MONSTER STIFFLY YES THE PHOENIX CONTINUED WE BOTH KNOW THAT YOU HAVE PASSED THROUGH PERILOUS TIMES THROUGH DANGERS WHICH I MUST CONFESS WOULD HAVE LEFT ME A SHATTERED WRECK
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