The Sea Fairies Large Print Edition

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Mayre Griffiths, nicknamed Trot, or sometimes Tiny Trot, is a little girl who lives on the coast of southern California. Her father is the captain of a sailing schooner, and her constant companion is Cap'n Bill Weedles, a retired sailor with a wooden leg. (Cap'n Bill had been Trot's father's skipper, and Charlie Griffiths had been his mate, before the accident that took the older man's leg.) Trot and Cap'n Bill spend many of their days roaming the beaches near home, or rowing and sailing along the coast. One day, Trot wishes that she could see a mermaid; her wish is overheard, and granted the next day. The mermaids explain to Trot, and the distressed Cap'n Bill, that they are benevolent fairies; when they offer Trot a chance to pay a visit to their land in mermaid form, Trot is enthusiastic, and Bill is too loyal to let her go off without him.

"Nobody," said Cap'n Bill solemnly, "ever sawr a mermaid an' lived to tell the tale.""Why not?" asked Trot, looking earnestly up into the old sailor's face.They were seated on a bench built around a giant acacia tree that grew just at the edge of the bluff. Below them rolled the blue waves of the great Pacific. A little way behind them was the house, a neat frame cottage painted white and surrounded by huge eucalyptus and pepper trees. Still farther behind that-a quarter of a mile distant but built upon a bend of the coast-was the village, overlooking a pretty bay.Cap'n Bill and Trot came often to this tree to sit and watch the ocean below them. The sailor man had one "meat leg" and one "hickory leg," and he often said the wooden one was the best of the two. Once Cap'n Bill had commanded and owned the "Anemone," a trading schooner that plied along the coast; and in those days Charlie Griffiths, who was Trot's father, had been the Captain's mate. But ever since Cap'n Bill's accident, when he lost his leg, Charlie Griffiths had been the captain of the little schooner while his old master lived peacefully ashore with the Griffiths family.

Mayre Griffiths, nicknamed Trot, or sometimes Tiny Trot, is a little girl who lives on the coast of southern California. Her father is the captain of a sailing schooner, and her constant companion is Cap'n Bill Weedles, a retired sailor with a wooden leg. (Cap'n Bill had been Trot's father's skipper, and Charlie Griffiths had been his mate, before the accident that took the older man's leg.) Trot and Cap'n Bill spend many of their days roaming the beaches near home, or rowing and sailing along the coast. One day, Trot wishes that she could see a mermaid; her wish is overheard, and granted the next day. The mermaids explain to Trot, and the distressed Cap'n Bill, that they are benevolent fairies; when they offer Trot a chance to pay a visit to their land in mermaid form, Trot is enthusiastic, and Bill is too loyal to let her go off without him.

Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 TROT AND CAP'N BILL CHAPTER 2 THE MERMAIDS CHAPTER 3 THE DEPTHS OF THE DEEP BLUE SEA CHAPTER 4 THE PALACE OF QUEEN AQUAREINE CHAPTER 5 THE SEA-SERPENT CHAPTER 6 EXPLORING THE OCEAN CHAPTER 7 THE ARISTOCRATIC CODFISH CHAPTER 8 A BANQUET UNDER WATER CHAPTER 9 THE BASHFUL OCTOPUS CHAPTER 10 THE UNDISCOVERED ISLAND CHAPTER 11 ZOG THE TERRIBLE AND HIS SEA DEVILS CHAPTER 12 THE ENCHANTED ISLAND CHAPTER 13 PRISONERS OF THE SEA MONSTER CHAPTER 14 CAP'N JOE AND CAP'N BILL CHAPTER 15 THE MAGIC OF THE MERMAIDS CHAPTER 16 THE TOP OF THE GREAT DOME CHAPTER 17 THE QUEEN'S GOLDEN SWORD CHAPTER 18 A DASH FOR LIBERTY CHAPTER 19 KING ANKO TO THE RESCUE CHAPTER 20 THE HOME OF THE OCEAN MONARCH CHAPTER 21 KING JOE CHAPTER 22 TROT LIVES TO TELL THE TALE

This book Contains 43 beautiful fantasy illustrations by Babette van den Berg. The Seafairies by L. Frank Baum with a beautiful fantasy story about a little girl named Mayre Griffiths, nicknamed Trot and her companion Cap'n Bill Weedles. Trot spends most of her days roaming the beaches, rowing and sailing along the coast near home with her companion Cap'n Bill Weedles. Trot wishes that she could see a mermaid one day; her wish is overheard and then the excited journey begins. They see amazing sights in the land of Mermaid Queen Aquarine, King Anko and the villain Zog, the evil Magician.

Enchanting fantasy by creator of beloved "Oz" stories whisks young readers away on an exciting underwater adventure where they meet a school of beguiling mermaids, an aristocratic codfish and a bashful octopus, attend an elegant banquet, confront an awesome sea monster, and much more. The sequel, Sky Island, is also available. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience

Excerpt from The Sea Fairies They were seated on a bench built around a giant acacia tree that grew just at the edge Of the bluff. Below them rolled the blue waves Of the great Pacific. A little way behind them was the house, a neat frame cottage painted white and surrounded by huge eucalyptus and pepper trees. Still farther behind that - a quarter Of a mile distant but built upon a bend of the coast - was the village, overlooking a pretty bay. Cap'n Bill and Trot came Often to this tree, to sit and watch the ocean below them. The sailor man had one meat leg and one hickory leg, and he Often said the wooden. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.