![]() The setting took place on a ship called King of the Sea and I think that is an interesting name for a ship. I am going to tell you about the setting of The Tail of Emily Windsnap. Published by Candlewick Press, Inc., Cambridge, MA. _ THE TAIL OF EMILY WINDSNAP by Liz Kessler, illustrated by Sarah Gibb. And then, with a twist and a splash, she was gone. She gaped open-mouthed at my legs for a second. In the end, I coughed gently and she looked up immediately. But what exactly do you say to a singing mermaid perched on a rock in the middle of the night? Funnily enough, I've never had that come up before. "Get it right!" I stared for ages, opening and closing my mouth like a fish. A couple of times, she was in the middle of a really high part when she stopped and hit her tail with the brush. When she got to the end, she started again. Silvery green and shimmering in the moonlight, it flapped against the rock as she sang. Her tail was longer and thinner than mine. She was perched on the edge of a rock, shuffling a bit as though she were trying to get comfortable. Long blond hair all the way down her back, which she was brushing while she sang. but it was! It was a mermaid! A real one! The kind you read about in kids' stories. Where was it coming from? I clambered up a jagged rock and looked down the other side. Had I imagined it? The water lapped against the pebbles, making them jangle as it sucked its breath away from the shore. The wet rocks shimmered in the moonlight, but there was no one around. That part was still really creepy! Sitting back against a larger rock, I caught my breath. I wiggled my toes and shivered as I watched my legs come back. I pulled myself out of the water, my tail resting on some pebbles in the sea. Eventually, I made it to a big, smooth rock with a low shelf. I tried to flick myself along, but my tail flapped lazily and started to ache. I came up for fresh air and realized I was miles from home farther away than I'd ever been on my own. Soon the water got warmer again as I came to another shallow part. They were covered in prickly black sea urchins, and I wouldn't be thrilled to get one of those stuck on my tail. Then the water would suddenly get colder and deeper as I went over a rocky part. Wispy little sticklike creatures as thin as paper wriggled along beneath me, almost see-through against the sand. Every now and then, I swam across a shallow sandy stretch. ![]() ![]() The fat gray fish were replaced by stripy yellow-and-blue ones with floppy silver tails, long thin green ones with spiky antennae and angry mouths, orange ones with spotted black fins-all darting purposefully around me. It was like switching from grainy black-and-white film into color. Ga naar onze Privacyverklaring voor meer informatie over hoe en voor welke doeleinden Amazon persoonsgegevens gebruikt (zoals de bestelgeschiedenis van Amazon Store).Īs I swam around the rocks at the end of the bay, the water became clearer and softer. Je kunt je keuzes op elk moment wijzigen door naar Cookievoorkeuren te gaan, zoals beschreven in de Cookieverklaring. Klik op 'Cookies aanpassen' om deze cookies te weigeren, meer gedetailleerde keuzes te maken of voor meer informatie. Derde partijen gebruiken cookies om persoonlijke advertenties weer te geven en te meten, doelgroepinzichten te genereren en producten te ontwikkelen en te verbeteren. Dit omvat het gebruik van cookies van eerste en derde partijen die standaard apparaatgegevens, zoals een unieke ID, opslaan of openen. We gebruiken deze cookies ook om te begrijpen hoe klanten onze diensten gebruiken (bijvoorbeeld door websitebezoeken te meten), zodat we verbeteringen kunnen aanbrengen.Īls je ermee akkoord gaat, gebruiken we ook cookies om je winkelervaring in de Amazon Stores te verbeteren, zoals beschreven in onze Cookieverklaring. We gebruiken cookies en vergelijkbare tools die nodig zijn zodat je aankopen kan doen, en om je winkelervaringen te verbeteren en om onze diensten te leveren, zoals beschreven in onze Cookieverklaring.
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