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           "Everybodygotaouto’theideeo’dyin’—excep’incanoewarswiththeotherislanders,orassacrificestothesea-godsdaownbelow,orfromsnakebiteorplagueorsharpgallopin’ailmentsorsomethin’aforetheycudtaketothewater—butsimplylookedforradtoakindo’changethatwa’n’tabithorriblearterawhile.Theythoughtwhatthey’dgotwaswellwuthallthey’dhadtogiveup—an’IguessObedkindo’cometothinkthesamehisselfwhenhe’dchewedoveroldWalakea’sstoryabit.Walakea,though,wasoneofthefewashadn’tgotnoneofthefishblood—bein’ofaroyallinethatintermarriedwithroyallinesonotherislands.

           "WalakeaheshewedObedaloto’ritesan’incantationsashadtodowiththeseathings,an’lethimseesomeo’thefolksinthevillageashadchangedalotfromhumanshape.Somehaoworother,though,heneverwouldlethimseeoneofthereg’larthingsfromrightaouto’thewater.Intheendhegivehimafunnykindo’thingumajigmadeaouto’leadorsomething,thathesaidudbringupthefishthingsfromanyplaceinthewaterwhartheymightbeanesto’’em.Theideewastodropitdaownwiththerightkindo’prayersan’sech.Walakeaallowedasthethingswasscatteredallovertheworld,so’sanybodythatlookedabaoutcudfindanestan’bring’emupeftheywaswanted.