To the children of the NLNG School and the Jem Royal Academy

A special thanks to Nadia, Holly, Yi Ning, and Ms. Levine

Once upon a time, there lived a red seahorse
named Skipper. Skipper lived at the bottom of
the ocean, and he worked as a guard for King
Nathan, the ruler of the kingdom.

Although Skipper was small, King Nathan liked
him because he was the only seahorse in the
entire kingdom. Skipper enjoyed working for the
king because the king treated him nicely.

Within King Nathan's kingdom,
there lived three different groups
of creatures: the fish, the sharks,
and the dolphins.

The fish were a part of the largest group
in the kingdom. They separated themselves
between the orange fish and the yellow fish.
The two colours of fish despised each other
and never interacted with fish of the other
colour. Most of the fish didn't work, because
no one wanted to hire them. So, they were
quite poor.

The sharks were the friendliest group
in the kingdom. But since many of
them were caught by the humans,
there were only a few left. The sharks
worked as palace guards in the
kingdom.

The last group were the dolphins. They worked closely

with King Nathan, and many of them were his close friends.

The dolphins didn't like the other creatures especially the

fish, because the fish didn't have jobs and were poor.

Although Skipper didn't fit into either of these
three categories, he spent most of his free
time with the sharks because they all worked
at the palace together.

One day, a visitor from a nearby kingdom
came to visit King Nathan. It was a
puffer fish by the name of Dopey V. Frunt.

Skippy stood guard outside the King's room
and listened to the conversation between
the King and the puffer fish. He learned that
Dopey V. Frunt had brought money from his
kingdom, because he had heard that there
were many starving fish in King Nathan's
kingdom. King Nathan thanked him for his
kindness and the puffer fish soon left.

Later on, King Nathan called a meeting
with his officials. And he began to speak
by saying...

I want to have the "Ocean Sensations"
play here tomorrow night at the palace!
I must hear their music!

But it's going to cost a fortune to
hire them this late! We can't afford
anymore losses.

Not to worry my friends! Today, a
friend from a nearby kingdom stopped
by and gave me a large sum of money
for the kingdom. It should completely
cover the cost for the band!

"Wait a second...", the puffer fish
said, "the money was for the fish!
Not for a concert! How could the
king do this? This can't be right!"Outside the room, Skipper heard the entire
conversation and was shocked.