What's dis about Peggy readin Germanish books? Sure she can't understand the Germanish language, he said in an irreverent, mocking tone.

To power our forward motion, we have a distinctly gigantic muscle in our buttocks, the gluteus maximus.

The story was narrated from an omniscient point of view.

Our cook aboard Varua once had a memorable experience when a curious whale swam under the ship and surfaced next to the galley porthole in a spyhop.