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T was once upon n tirne,_lnany n long your ugo, ful: out at sell. f
' But it wus tha rr-al sea. which is deeper tnnu
llny one cull tell, and do big thnt the skippor can sail for many days without; seein.; inxld. , And it was the troplclil sell. wherl- tin- water is
llinlust ns warm ns ill n ilot llnrh at homo in Dcnmzll-ir.
But it is only on tho surt'nce, where tile sun shini-s,
that it is so \vnrin_ Deep uovvn llololv tile sen is -l~l cold ns ice. und, then, it is rillrkor there than on £'|o blacks-st night. And tho soil is not elllllilly fi.-oil, either, in every purt, for nt the bottom thi-,re lllw-,Jl".:h mountilins and low vnil~-y.~l, just :ls on tho dry lllnd. V
Now. out there lltscil till-re wus ll place where il
big mountain rose from tho bottom llonrly to tht- sur- face. If one looked up ooo could sci- nothing un ivcry side but water null wntcr and just wiltcr.
But down in the wntcr there wus over so lunch lnore
to look ut.
For on the mollntflill grow fl -'c-t<~. or ul-:lwl'u<~i< which stretched for nliios up und llnull till- slop-,»g_ ,Wllcn the waves rolled the icilvn.~ lvrlvl-li in llll- lvfllcr, j\lst_lls the leaves ol' tho tri-l-.~; no on inon wllvc in lilo willd. Bu! thc stelns of tht- lvl-:wk tri-l-s were not neilrly so thlck,.and stiff as tilloll- ot’ lin- lloocil or the call, rind therefore they lvllvifd nl:;o lo onli fro wilor- evrr tho hillovvs drove ilu-ln. `
For tho rust. tho wrlll-it irl-os: wort- trllll-l' iilnll :loy
trsu on the dry lurid. but till\_v ln--'l-l~ gl-ow lu, ,,i\.~\;, the sllrt'a<~o of the sl-ll. Ivor will-ll tin-lr li-nv:-~ toll--I.:-<1 the nll' they drii-ll up :lull xl-iti:l-vi-ll. lint wil.-li lilo wat(-l' was still tilcy sllrllnli ollt llnll 5.511,-:lilo-li l-'lin |pll-ndid colors. rod ilnii _\'ollo\v. ;.:l'<-on :lull ilrowu, line ii.li~f<l|i1\1!<‘ of ollr own woods in ini- nrlllnlo.
Anil nnloull tho togls ol' tin- u rn.-I. tio.-f; ;\ nn|1llll;il¢.
oiiolly ilsh swam from irl-c to lion. _lnsl :ls .in~ i.|i~\i,~l ily ill thi' wood.
lint lin-_v lvl-ro not sul-ll iirl-solllo f:|~n_v l‘l-liown :lg lilo
nod illlil the piko :ind ilu- cl-I. I\i:ln_\' of till-lu -ilonp lilo- gold und slilvcr; _one won ~;i:_\' l~in~-_ llnoiiiy _t-.-11,. lot .»\nll thou ihl‘l'l‘ \v:l.-1 till- |u~l'f'llllilli- li;:<l_ who could pull’ hillls(-ll' out into :i lv.lli :lull -:li-l; ont n{_~» liristll-.~r oil every side illlll lllililo tile- oillol' :ill`lol:l;~l terrihly l`l'lqilteill-ll.
For tilt-ro wt-ro'nlnny otlli-r llnilnuis in tin- wl~:l<~k
ion-st.
Tin-ro were nllllsels with thc' most colnicili Sonics
Mid till-ro were snniis, with l>ll:. nlillly f-oiori-ci slll~ll.~l. '1‘brr\\ we-rc cuttioiisll. 'who czllnl- liill-till; l~:n:k\\':ll‘ri llil'oii,'lil iho Wiilvi' fit ull illl‘l‘i-l`lioi.- |\:ll'i‘, 'i`il<‘|‘l- \\'-ro |zl'l\nt r‘l':i\\'liflh, who :li.-in swulll l\l\'7<\\':ll'li :ll-ll l-I;-~\~~_\_ with thcll' vlillvrl. :lull tilvrl- \\'l-l'i- \\.'l‘_v. ti:li "rfll\> who wclli slfiowlsr und got' on :lil tin- <'lnlo `
.‘1o;lli-liilll-li thi-ro mllvlr- ll lu-l'il ol' ~ol'r-l':li |l\lll<li'~\'¥
bi;:i::l'1i.x '.'.l‘.. _'_' ' 1 ' ilu- \\'l':ll-it t`ol‘\-.\'l oxilviiy like lin- .wi-.\'-; lu tho til-ids.
it-u'oul<l ilL<-ln ililmlen that il llugi- \\‘il:lio onlllr- _#willi-
ming :l!oll;i_ 'I‘ll\"n it ;:r1-\'.' ll:ll-li. :l~' ii' :l vi--ull \'.'lro passing bl-l`ore till- sun. lvllf-r.-rl-l' ill- lnwlitl- |`-1-~-oril -io- wrnck forest, Allfl wiloll ilo <l'rlll'i: out with hi- llow- rrflll tilll till* wrllvii tl'o-_-s silool: :ls tllolluil ii' \\'i-rc :lil enrtlnllll-ite. i`ln<-o it also bullpolloll illut ll uilip sfliloll ol-r-l' th"
wracil toreslt. A suiiol' full nl-ol-i»o;ll'li und llo w:l- :lt onri- holtod liv `r~. io" 'l‘l"rit. uilo lulllli- nur- lllollillflii ufiliill limi :'.\\":.n. -7' ' ' ' :x l:o~.li oll.l,~‘:'ii-Iwo,
Alu* one nun easily ll.; -l-.~:l:lllfi_ lhl-lu-;`ol'l-_ that it
vrns rl-l‘_v nice nad nllllluillg' in lilo u'r:l: la l'oi‘i-A.. `l'»~lr. it \\'ns still, quito still. i'ol' noni- oi’ till- slniillnis \lttel'e<.i il cry or snug. _ _ .
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UW. ill thc rlliddii- ot’ tho tori-st till-rc-_ wus ll l-osoy little Opou ilialvo :l.ltolll.'.' llli-'tri-v tops, uni: lc-ry fill' from ilu- sul-l`noo, 'i`ln~ u.-lil-r .v:l.- wnl‘nl
and olllzlr _and the plum- wus so situllleli tillll it was widolll that ailyllillli' <-nll\l- tll»‘l'\‘.
ill this place four olllhllw-ll ll.-i-tl to pilly with "iw
nnotllor every day iind chut toizt-ther uct-oliiinlr 1° their lights. `
'filn_v were nli four so slllnil no to in- illviellllii- with
tin- nnlrctl eye. And ii' li lnnn hllu vo no wiiil ll ulu_:- \1lf.\'ii‘»_1: gloss and dist-l:l't~l'l-ll thonl lll~ \\'vlil4i. lll~\'cl'llli-- it-sl, llllvv found it filliiollll io llluln- out nun fl-onl tho olln-l‘ unit-ss he knew ull :lu'i’ill lot oi' lluitlrni lli~'tl*\`l'~
For till-_v were ull rolllld, tl-llllsyllllu-ilt littii- ill'_n;.'R.
vrilil tini- lllllr on tllrln, lull ulill-'-llt in-:~.ii.~l ol' low' 'il` 'ii"!-\ or lilly of the things uni.-ll in-lolln to ll pl‘oill‘\' nnlnlnl nlld.vsthi<~h ull-ll 1-nn't lol-_\' wi-li do wiiilnllt, eiihl-l'
And _vol they were not rcliitod to ouo nuotilf nt' nil.
Um* of thc-nl won till- viliiil ol' ll cnrlll. till- ll .I os” li l°|ii'tl»lll the third of ll sl:l.‘ti.~ll lint Lili- t”o',ll'iil u':i.~a U \‘<‘\ll little oyster llpiltt
'lil-‘ lilly they lvorl- Clllltlillir uhollt whnt tllol' “"’“l‘|
be \\l.l-ll they grow hilt.
“l \\lii bn ll lll;:llu'll_\'lllnllC" lollll till- .<tnl'il.~4il-i-iliid. 'I \\‘lii hide in till- wr:ll'ic l`ol'c-st und rllsll olli :li thi* lllisscls und snlnii lllzll :lull ull the llllinll-l.~l l mln lllnll- ¢l;l~ nnd soul: tholn out lo lilo null lil-on .»1'lin-lv olond." "i will swim 'rolinll llud tool. llrl-tty." .~l\ld lilo littiv 3°i|.\li-_.il "And if filly one iornos ion ni-nr lllo l slil.lll mill! hinl." "l nnl dl-stillotl for nolll<-lliin_i< lliylili'r." Rilid UH’ "f“““l‘ Hivlt nlltl ioolu-li n-4 llnill-l-lntll no it is |»ol~=sil>lc to lvoil wln~n one han‘ll0lt|ll~l' fn.-o nor oy(-s. "“"*"|.\'?" lulili till- lun:-il»-ll “i~lou' do .\"'\l |¢'1““'7" "'llnli wort of tllilllr i.-l hols. In our-." I`<‘il\l"‘| ""‘
°:""i"" *init "Y0\1lil\i:¢t ltlln'.l'_ l iilll ll izillll ot' tiollll-silo llninnll lvith nloll. it lu utmlliv illl~l~l-liillln lil-~ valui- "l"`~" "Ui lllmil ole. '.i‘llcv nil ol"ill;_fi- lo nu-_ tiorlw fi! "Will do lloillinl; tml ln'<-li-ll :llli iooli ni'ivl‘ null -.oil lilo: "H" 1'-1 llo nl.ii~.i:ll. lull out un, ‘fi‘ll~-_v l»nli~i in-l.llill“\\i ull \\‘;iil l' plirlts fin- lm- wiiil -:lil-ns l`ol‘ lilo ill wiiii- oil."
"'i`f|l~ll li nvclllli til-‘llll-. \\|;|¢ -.i\‘¢. _lou who uri- lil till-
ml-|l's lu-l'l< und mill." Nllhl lilo iiliio _il~!i_\'ii:~lil, "i'ill\V """- ""'l'.\' null to llin lusir _ .\'ow_ i rollid l~~-t lnnllllno ‘n~“|‘|"8 llloro t`l‘|l;|l\i`\ii Iilull to sii i`l\.~ll on ll Nil.-Il." "“'ii_\'. noi l\iui|1">=llili lilo ovulvl' will- "';“"` "“' "
vrllln :-nd srdl-llilll'v iii‘\\ lllliil i'<-onlo lo ill- l-nil-ll "
Anllli ull iilin lilo vornl l-llllil snlll ll--liliilux hill \V1“"\ ?"”|\1\|i‘i|l illo wuil-r und ilnil-lu-ii to till- ol|ll~l'~ .\l|fl 'rlno of ilu-nl gurl- llilll ll i`ul'lll<\l~ tiloll;-ht. for lilo l'l\l'i\| "4"" “|\\'|\.\‘H lilo lliiicil-si oi' |ili‘}u`_ :ui ii|i’.V ‘lm ""t hlhlla tinlt lil- woilhi owl' lll'llio\'l‘ nliyillillili i‘l\"i"'“'""- °`i.:{f"'~ "'i\\'ovnr. lilo nl:lrli.~lil naked:-~
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lho_ sulllc. .lilon iiio corlll chilli sulll:--
__\Vii<fl\ i_l_~'_l'<-lv hilt I will iluiill ull lslnnli." ` _ __A wilntl tilt-_v ull throu |l.~‘kl~d i'ogot.lll.-1'.
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"How you mln!" sllid the oyster spot. _ "i sllllddcl' when I llonr you speak of anything so
lil'lll no thru." lllliil the littlc Jr-.il_vi‘l¢h.
'l.‘lll-_v tozlscrl ililll llii thrce, but the coral child (lid
,mf |,_-i,ni,1.» n jot nb-.ull them, went, ou lvnvillg his llnir ill tho wllic-r lllld sold, cuiuily:-
"lt nlnlll ho ll ri-gulnr lslllud. un islnnd with pnlm
ii'l-cs :ind llirlls. Btilrflsll mid jollyilsh shuli swlnl rolilnl nhout ill the wntcr und the waves ilhnli throw liloln ul ol. lilo count und there t’ho‘y shall lie 'und ~_f\~.~ in thi. sun. And lrlon shall live on the inlalaii- lin- lui-ll who out oystl-l's."
'.i"ill-ll ho silid nothing lnorc, und vvhon they wore
iirod ol' tolnlillg him illoy nil made friollds ilnnin und nwllln nroulld tho iittlc spot in tho wl-noir forl-st and ntl- nlllnluls iililt wc-l'o.stiii slnnllnr tnlul thonlaclvcu, nlnl l'o_iolcl-ri in lllolr youth and exintullou.
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` lil. _ r 0l\ii'l tlnlo nftnr tho four children ill tho wrack
5 forosl worn grown ull.
Tho oyniol' silul lllld got it shell. Ho silt on ll.
l-ook ul lilo boiionl of tho sun and ynwnod ond let lin wntl-r tlow into liiul. 'l‘llo hotly of tho sillrllsh had
"not out into dvu pointed nrnll, which stuck out in ills
wlltl-l~ on 4-\'ol'_v lliiio, rl-> lilllt lilo .lulllini lol od liko the
ntnr ut lilo toil of ll (illt'lUI;iIi|1»l treo. 'i,‘wico il liuil nud ...uno und llitlon ollo of his ilrnls ol. But thc ntnrtiah old noi lnind that. Tllo ill.-nl grow Aldo nt once, und tilon the llniv ~l was just al lxood as beroro, crept
llvls lllll rl. nr no 'nil-1 lnltlli”
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about in the vvrnck tw-cs and llocnme n mighty high- wuylllu n, just ns hr- had droallll-li of being in his child- hood illzys.
Tho little jcilyilsh hnd not fared so well. Ono dily
when ha was nt it rlli,ldl~cll‘s pnrty somewhere in the wood he was cllton by ll wlluin. who i-limo swimming illoug with his wille mouth opt-ll. The-re were ll Lun- drsd thousand _1oli,\-ilsh clilidron nt till- pnrrygand thcy all disn ppt-iirefi in thi- whllli-'s stomach.
But when tho oorni chilli null' tnnt he was very neal-~
ly grown up ill- swnln nlvar from thc casey spot whore he llnii soc-nr ills oilllliilood :inn lot the witves curry him right olrrsldo me wl-uni; forest. _ ,
Tho little col-nl llrifnvl uhollt for n long time and
looked for ll loco win- n he would like to live. Al: ills: he found) uno, right nl the other sido of tho mountain. No wrm-a gre-v till-re. The water wus clear und pure. salt nllrl ht-:liltlflllly wurlll, and there he aottled. .
Ho go: arllll like the atartlsil. hut many more, and
they were all in n _wrsntll nrollnd his mouth. For now ilu had both ll mouth und a stomach. Ho noticed pl'|\duuiLv that his \vni~l ilecollllllg qulto hnld l\n‘d ill-ul below und wuzrlln, nod nororo be know how it hap- llonod no moi a go-ol"-ll niet-s of vlmlk inside him.
_“Now il‘s l-orlll_l_i§l" ho limuglll dollgllredly. “Than thi iwginnlhg nf o island."
me dn; no nut forth s bud on one side, just an the
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trees on dry land do. And the bud grew into the prettiest stone coral, with arms and a mouth and ntolnncll und ll piece of chalk Inside him. But he hung on to the old coral and formed pllrt of him, just as the irougil tornis pnrt of the tree.
The old vor:-ll was overjoyed. "Now wc‘re all right," he said( "Now there are
two of ns."
Then he told the new coral about thc island llc
lliennt tl- lnzlke, and till- new col-ill agreed that that was thc llllng to do_' And they i-olil put forth new blidfl, :lull went on doing so until Lfl fine rorlli tr-e vvris fornaofl. with millly branches. which were nil i'llii of stone covlls. All day long they wlivofl thi-lr urins in` the v\':l‘t't-r :ind drove tiny little nnilnllls into their mouths and nte them.
One dri'.' tllr- stnrflsll cirlne crnwiillg [last and stopped
in -Jmzlzl-lnellt.
“What ll llilcer treo, with flowers on it!" he said. "i :lln ut-`; ll irl-c," said ttlr- oorill. “I nm il corui_`-' --<_:o~llinr-_~l.= me. is tilllt _\'oll'_"' >':lld thc stzlrilsil. it'.<
~,\-olllil-l~t'l|l how _\'-ul".'r- 1-llnllaod. Upon ln_v word, 1 sill-nlli lu-\-el" ilnve known _l-oil."
"Nor I yoll," replied the corul. “But then we
ll:l\'on't soon out-il otlii-r sinoi- we wi-re children. I'l1l. llu.-_v now lllliiliEn_l: luv isi<.lud.“ _
"Arc you still tillllkillf.-2 of lhllt nonscllse?" :lsltell
thc stnrlisil. :lull lilllcll.-fi. “i'illlu‘;:llll-ll you hnd llo- -'~=';lr- wins-l' :ls _volt r'i'<"\\* lllller. if sill-ms to nl#-_ llil lilo snlllo. illill _\'ou look :ls if _\'oll ‘.\'f?l'l- quite a 6l'lll."
"So I lilo," sold till- i-oral. "I have put out lullls
lloll ill-nllr‘lll»~1~-ull tin- ilo\\‘ol's you ser- are corall prllylls, who :lro ll:\l‘illr~l'~; with ml- in file island."
“\\'¢‘ll_ I lli'~\'t\l'f" :auill till- ,~lti\i'il.~ell. "\'oll've turned
_vr~ur.<l-li’ l‘lio il s‘_\'ll<ii'-il‘»-`. i'l'lon my lvorll, tll:lt`s \-l-l'_\' -‘ll-vt-'.‘ of _vou_ for _\.'-ll wolliil llcvol' ilnve got :lll_\'\vlll-l'l- ily _\'oul-sl-ii'. "ilu you 'Lot on wi-il toirotill-l""'
“l-1.\;l-viii'-llil_\'_" ri-iflloli the r‘ol'lll. “_\'o lu-ttl-l' flllllily
lv-l;liloll.~' will llc inlllgilll-il. Wi- hold t--gl-lllf-l' ill'.'ioi:\- ill_v througll thick und thin. in-.l_v_ just think, wiii-ll' one of us llils il good dinner ilil tho rest enjoy it ns wc-ll." »
"It seems to me tllnt's driving tile partnership
rzltllcr far." sllid the stflrtisil. "When I have follnd il nice titilit for my own mouth i der-lure I sliollidu'£ curl- for ll to go into nlloillor's stolnllvllf'
“You llon't ulldcrsnlnll ine." nnid tbl- coral. “Goodb_v_“ silili thc stnl'ti.~=il. ".-\nll good luck with
the i.~xlnn¢l." - Illli' the olci r-ornl, who .~:llt flown l,-,t thc root of the tri-le. lvliisllrlx-ll to iliili olzc oi' thc blllls who was n1,-:1l'est:-
Florida- or- West indian.
` Gor-al
"You nn- I and l llnl you, and we clin never be part-
ed. We boiong to oooh other llllllfwe want the sums tiling-we wnnt to huild the islllnd."
'l`hc- illlri told till- nt-xi bud. :lull he sont it on. until
thorn wus not n single polyp on the tree but knew all aholltit. `
And while the tree got more and more orani-has
thc polyps also got young, which swunl out into the water. tiny. lnyslnrlons, round things. with line hairs on tijlrm. They enjoyed their llln-rliv while they were cbillLren, hut they all had thi- thought of the islsld in their he-nrts, and all soon ns thi-y were grown up they st-tilod rust in-sitio thi- old corili. put ollt buds and tlirllsd into trees like him, - .
"Sou I l-nu do no inure," suld the old coral one day Round llopult illm grow a whole 'forest of Ito-ne
corals. 'l`hf-ir white bralichen were intertwined, and from tileul all shone the deal'esr. littii-‘stnr llolw-rx. 'Ihoy ilellt on shooting fortll new buds and sent lnlli~ ions ot little coral children out into *he world. Ami while they built an/' built without ct-.slning they were uiwayll tnlllking of the iainnd. ‘ ` -~~
The old coral had every right to be proud of it
work. For roll see he was the great-ilroat-great-groan grunt-grandfather of-the wholo holiness. "Don’l jargon the island,” ll\11ll!d: Than .lie died. Thi- water lvaallod ills corpus away,
but where he hnd been there rc-m.ainod on the coral Ohm a mttrk like a stur-
N OW many. mall, lilly yearn _
them, and the nun shuno-andthe
but new turtles camo ill gone; the ntnrllh -was ,
the huge whale, who n
r il- -li. _.= will-.-lli*.l'l 55?” an f-59’5§;€§il€”‘
But it made no &mnno.
its “vu without cendq, an
for ot the wrnck torestvavsd.
nie. the wrnclntreol among
had played had been pulled ago," but others had grown tunlao that grazed than w
who ones swam among
lD°\lfl!¢L had K°t n
killed and boiled down to blnbhn.
But, thtmlhthoy were nil gona, at.iil
childl.~en‘| children were there and looked and them and behaved exactly like them, so that
imgoslible to lea any change in the wood. f ' _
nly. things looked different just when the coral
child had settled down to build his inland. .- _
Ln immense number of coral treeshnid coin, a
more kept on coming. Millions of little coli! c dren swam out into the world and camo h¢n_¢__nn¢. settled down beside their parents. Million! 0! th!- polyps died. In many of the coral trees ture wal.
not a W living polyp. but all the Nad 'limo branches re full of stars will-rs tbq lil been. ~
And the waves had overturned the old trees and
beaten them in plecos and dung them in among tho others and on the top of the others. Gradually thi grow into n great, strong lime rect, and it kept on growing; for the new coral children settled down on the top of the old trees and built on diligently.
One line day they rellched close up beneath th'
surface. ._5.
“Now we have the island!" they said to ons' ll-Y
other, rejoicing. “If only ollr great-great-great-grnnb great-great-grandfatbw had lived to see iti" But they had rejoiced u little too early. For when tiley wished to set to and grow up isbuva'
the woter they ~_-ollld not. The snlnil polyps could not llvnr tile- sllli shilling upon them, and, do what they wullld_ fllr-_-.l got no further. V
"Now we will help you," said the waves. And then they lifted a couple of 'nlg blocks of corlli
up from the bottom of thc sea and threw them an the top of the other. _
Now tin- lsinnli was thx-rl-_ It was not large, that
ls- true, hut white- nod protty, and it shone in tile sun, llnd round uilollt it. ns fur as one could see, wits nothing but watt-r and wntcr and just lviimr. Anil every .dily cl big white gllll cunle llnd nat down lllloll it.
At that time it llnllpf-ned tilnt the earth-the gre,-at
round onrtil who finni_< llll'olll_'ll splice round the sun, with tin- llloon :lt in-r ill-vis--\l':ls ill ll vcl-_v had tem- iN¥i`- Till- lrlnon wus ~-ol-<tllllti_v if-lu-lillg her and ine hlld not _vet ri-core-rl-d i‘l'oin her :lnno_vllnl-l» with the colllct who wr-nt to oil-of-~' before hi- illld iiniahed tell- ing: what lu- lnld _-ll-»-n on ill-.fl-llll'ni-_v.
Now, \\'h.°ll lin- ~-:ll-til wll-: ionlcillz clown llt her
fetolnilvll olli- li:~_-' ~'.lll~ nl-i' if-lvl-il. just :lgnillst the Eqlllliolx ll knoll will 'll ~‘!l<- il-lil lli-vel* sl-_o-ll before.
“\\‘llnt on l-:ilill lr: 'lillt. ll-l>.\"!" ".<i;0il the tlilrth ii)
no nlllloyl-tl toni-_ _
it was nom- otlll-r ilnln tho corui isiund. But when
tile enrth cl-.ule to i<l'o~.\' ilflw illl- matter stood sho wus awflliiy sllllxlglx
“Now. upon r-ly word. ihi'l;:s uri- -f-'zo--f :nn ilati'_"
silo cried. “.\`:»i olll_\' is ouo nlulh- .: .‘~~~l of by nu lnsoiellt f-olllr-i null illls to rl->li';'ll olll"s sl-il' io being lilli lvl i v-“<‘“\‘ 'l'l" of "\l- -.ul-l‘tl\ ill' ll sili\' 111005-
ifl i il . ._ __ . , .
noi onl-.‘ do tho lm-n l'lll-in--l -- ill lily lnsilil- and turn
lullli into wi-.tl-l' and wllier_.into lnml :lnd_ deal _
nlc lust ns till-_v pil-noe! Now, in ntldition. I hive t
slllllnlt tn hnvillg a corlil young, whom it tnkds I mat!-
tl with ml' 'Bgure
nifyillg _zissfs to sec. nlnsllillg ll out _ ,md |ml|.;i||;q nll mltllsll islund right in the middle _of my sto-n:n‘ill A wl~otc-ll:-ll nlolinsc ilkc that! But We ' ginill ll-ll: :l stop to thot.”
Anil :li tlliit inonlollt the whole bottom of the lea
sunk '.-.-l'l-l'»- lilo roi-ni lsir-'ld lily. _
ii -vos ll friirlliflll llllsllloss. and no rnlstakoi 'l‘iv‘ islellil Ciisiiplll-lll~cd ill the sell and ihl' mill WM
was sitting on It flew ill the nil' vllth ll loud sores!!! Tl... \,|0l~i;n of coral fl-ll over ont- :luotlll-l' and snllls_l;ed
into il illollsiind |llr-cl->l_ ifisi.-. and crl- lviish and ful eq
tic-il ns i.el-t they could und every leol' in the ulwlck
rg/ . wma shfmk' - i il in the water the coral
But “hen :lil uns stil ni!" 1
pl»l;'ps whispered to one nnother:-
‘ltl=llll=ml'lel' the lslllnd!" And then they sol to work indefiltlgahly to build
afulill. Aftor some time they were once more nb0\'¢ lilo surface, the wnvcs dung “P li\\l's`0 b\00¥5 and nn
isillllii lily tllore Sgtilii-
“\.\'r-li, i -- !" sold till- enrth. f
And then the ilotlom of the si-fi sllnl"lower Still-
- ~ l _ 1'.
"ite-nwnlher tm- lsl:lllll!" whispered the corn n
Ami solllr- tiilll- "ltol till- il-lllln(!_ill_\' *hero again. _
~,~,m you gc on lille kim'-1'9" asireu the earth.
“'i`hs*. we nun." l'apli<-0. the .'-ori\`.s. ` __ -~Ah wen 1 give lu!" said the earth. “For t cull
...
nnknd tho island lily there and stayed there. The coruls built on inwssallliy, the waves flung up more nod more blocks, and the island. grew ever larger.
One day ll big, round. llrown thing come sailing and
i lilust the side- of'lt.
bu-Hwllhiizslxtglll-l-e T' llslzl-1’ the corals down in the watd.
"‘it'>= ine!" said the tlllnil- _ --Wm-,'5 me ?" llsicod thr- cr-.rain again. - “!_)oll't _von know ml-'l" said the thing. “lim tl coroimut. l am wil-i»retr-d nil over the :vol-ld.l I,a1l~ the one that pri-lmrf-s islands so that they make thcll
rnnce oil tho lnllp und in the geogrlnliy book.
have oven bl-en bnllnds made about ml; OID
of them h0¢\"91_ '
“ 'A r-ocoallut
On tho sen tloata’ ”-- “'i‘ll:lt muy be," said the corals. “But we know.
nothing about ii. We- llilve built nn lslnné. oursolval und ll:l'.'e ;.l-ever hnd ilnli- to slrq illlililds."
--vw. tvs incl-olllllle the umount of _.instance than
‘ll-cvllils ill lilo wfll'id," ani-l Lhe cow.-sllllt. “W\\l, hlvn you i-llrl'll onollgil for ulu to tulle root .il and grow inw .` . l l 'l" ' *- 1 ii'A{,;"' wllispl-rcil the cornls to one lnotller. “itll h ulnl!" » '7_~'- ' F ll rlwl, nskcd lllm politely to come bllcklntlx;
'1`l .` ' ` ~- tm-llmtthey would do their in-st to provide him with
em-gh to grow ill. _ ‘ '-.` '~
»-vm-V wail." snld the cocoilnut. ‘Than I will~ilo'l_l-
oilollt lil the sea for a year. My shell is so thick tiltt,
l 't mind." - » . _ i,
I “mn r hollow tree trunk came drift!
~ A y n grim , _ _
aim: :Alben it got up on the llialld and_lay al.;
tied ll wllolq lot of grass seed fell from it nod
m l- time nftel' the island was quite green. Then
n l. . Siler:-1- also two lizards in the tree trunk all they- ,.\,;,.-_,._.,, ,md thought tile island n nies and con; ||lil-»-- lo live upon. _
And rnen the coconnut camo hack lglll. “Lift me up," lie said to the waves. _ . Be shot up and became a splendid tru. _Big nil
fell all `al-ound, and soon there wld quits n-f\'0N- cocoa palms on the island. Birds cams all b their nears in the trees; dowel-s came andbnen an
lnran ma nuuerotta
ons day ll man limo snulng In a boat., ,-_.. if... _
Ria snip _had-been 'wrecked and he not _ ine sm tor- may dun. H0 wnrbofhi- . thirsty, |l\d'wnem la uw the inland § _ q wild with deltdlt. that dl anon, nts unqaltg _
o me ma* mit mais!! a nano in ual a ship came that would nah hill blot hid c~elintry.` - " ' -V i. l-~_:-i~/ff lm sun in ans nur the corals ». _. l"qA§:' P” ` tnatgnthlw 7
' ron: - .~ _ -
neac~mab couhi OU!
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