More about Mary Poppins / И снова о Мэри Поппинз. Памела Трэверс
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panting, insisted that he had been insulted, and hurried away with the monkeys screaming on his back.
Jane saw it was no good following him, so she took Michael’s hand and moved onwards. They were startled when a voice, almost at their feet, hailed them.
“Come on, you two! In you come. Let’s see you dive for a bit of orange-peel you don’t want.” It was a bitter, angry voice, and looking down they saw that it came from a small black Seal who was leering at them from a moonlit pool of water.
“Come on, now – and see how you like it!” he said.
“But – but we can’t swim!” said Michael.
“Can’t help that!” said the Seal. “You should have thought of that before. Nobody ever bothers to find out whether I can swim or not. Eh, what? What’s that?”
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