Surf war!, a folktale from the Marshall Islands
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Surf war!, a folktale from the Marshall Islands
Language
eng
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Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Surf war!
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electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Sub title
a folktale from the Marshall Islands
Summary
Sandpiper finds her daily stroll on the beach interrupted by Whale, who boasts that he is ruler of the sea. Sandpiper responds with equal bravado, asserting her rights to the sand and seawater. Soon the rivals are calling in their cousins, and the beach and sea are filled with shorebirds and sea mammals of every stripe. The standoff grows ominous as Whale leads his cousins in an assault on the beach, eating the sand from under the birds. Sandpiper retaliates by ordering her cousins to drink up the ocean. Soon the landscape is filled with fish, crabs, and sea creatures gasping for survival. How will this end? The outcome of this timely yet timeless nature tale suggests that we are all connected in the ecological chain
Target audience
juvenile
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