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The Sea Fairies by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
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high compliment, and the frown showed he was pleased with Cap'n
Bill.

But now Queen Aquareine advanced to a position in front of their
captor and said, "Tell me, Zog, why have you trapped us and brought
us here?"

"To destroy you," was the quick answer, and the magician turned for
an instant to flash his eyes upon the beautiful mermaid. "For two
hundred years I have been awaiting a chance to get within my power
some friend of Anko the Sea Serpent--of Anko, whom I hate!" he
added, smiling sweetly. "When you left your palace today, my swift
spies warned me, and so I sent the sea devils to capture you. Often
have they tried to do this before, but always failed. Today, acting
by my command, they tricked you, and by surrounding you forced you
to the entrance of my enchanted castle. The result is a fine capture
of important personages. I have now in my power the queen and
princess of the fairy mermaids, as well as two wandering earth
people, and I assure you I shall take great pleasure in destroying
you utterly."

"You are a coward," declared the Queen proudly. "You dared not meet
us in the open sea."

"No, I dare not leave this castle," Zog admitted, still smiling.
"But here in my own domain my power is supreme. Nothing can
interfere with my vengeance."

"That remains to be seen," said Aquareine, firmly meeting the gaze
of the terrible eyes.
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