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'And, of course, if I prove that Theeda does not exist, you are to become my servant for the rest of your life? 'There is no danger in my promising that, said Oscar. 'Let it be so if you wish. 'Very well! said Kanker again; and then they both went to the vase. 'Where is she? asked Ranker. 'I don't see her.
Water then seemed to him a much more agreeable element to pass one's time in than air. But, although wishing can do a great deal, it could not quite make a merman of Oscar. Theeda ate her dinners by herself except for the tit-bits that she gave to the prawns and snails, and the scraps that the fishes stole when they thought she was not looking.
These fish were at first very timid, and kept under the shadow of the rocks, or lurked amidst the seaweed. But Theeda soon made friends with them, so that they regularly came to her to be fed, and sometimes she used to play at tag with them, darting round and round inside the vase, and in and out amongst the rocks, while the weeds waved to and fro like banners in a gale of wind.
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