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The children peered into the forest stream, watching the small silvery figures darting about just below the surface.
"Are they fairies?" asked the youngest, whispering in awe.
"They're aquatic and have fishtails; they're mermaids," said the oldest, whispering so not to be detected.
"But they're so small; aren't mermaids bigger?"
"Clearly ocean ones are big, and forest ones are small."
The youngest accepted this explanation.
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