id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 48778 Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) The Sea Fairies .txt text/plain 44586 3240 92 "Then how do you know, Cap'n Bill?" asked the little girl, looking up whatever Cap'n Bill knew Trot was sure to know in time. "I'd like to see a mermaid, Cap'n Bill," said the child, earnestly. "Look a' here, Trot!" said Cap'n Bill, in excitement, "you ain't "You've heard that no one ever saw a mermaid and lived," said Trot. "I'd like to see 'em, all right," said Trot, her eyes glistening with "Is Cap'n Bill a mermaid now?" asked Trot. "I've seen people like that," said Cap'n Bill, with a nod of his head; "Oh, we know all about that," said Trot; "we live on the earth "That will be nice," said Trot, eagerly; but Cap'n Bill asked: "The big ones are very old," said the Queen, seeing Trot's eyes fixed "Is Zog more powerful than the mermaids?" asked Trot, anxiously. "You don't look as much like a fish as Cap'n Bill does," observed Trot. ./cache/48778.txt ./txt/48778.txt