Tiny Fin and Skipper played a counting game in the sunny coral garden.
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"One shiny shell!" counted Skipper. "Two bumpy rocks!" giggled Tiny Fin.
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Tiny Fin reached for his sparkly purple pebble, but it slipped! Plink!
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It tumbled behind a big sea plant. Tiny Fin felt shy. "Where did it go?" asked Skipper. Tiny Fin pointed to a clam.
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"Hmm, not here!" said Skipper. Tiny Fin felt a fluttery tummy. Wise Opal glided by.
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"What's wrong, little fins?" she asked gently. Skipper explained. Tiny Fin pointed to a bubbly anemone.
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"Let's see!" said Opal. The pebble wasn't there either. Tiny Fin's tail twitched.
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Opal looked with kind eyes. "Where did you really last see your pebble?" Tiny Fin whispered the truth.
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"It went behind the big sea plant!" And there it was! Hooray!
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"When we share the truth, we find what's lost!" said Opal. Hearts full of sunshine, they counted more.
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