Rosalie G. Mendel

“ When I want my dinner I just open my mouth and collect thousands of small fish. I have no real teeth, but in my upper jaw are fringed plates known as "whale-bones." Maybe your mamma has sent you to the store to buy whale-bone for her new dress.
My cousin, the sperm whale, lives in the warm part of the ocean. Your nice white candles are made from spermaceti. It is taken from the head of the sperm whale. He also gives you "ambergris," out of which fine perfume is made.
The dolphin and the porpoise are smaller whale-like animals. ”

“ The mother of pearl is the lining of the pearl oyster shell. Have any of you little chaps knives with handles made of mother of pearl?
Oh! I am an exciting fish, I am! Good night. Don't dream about me!
BY THE SARDINE
We are called sardines because we are caught on the coast of a country called Sardinia.
(sardines)
We are considered beautiful, graceful little swimmers. Most of us are about three or four inches long. Our color is bright green above and silvery white below. We live in the deep sea and only come to the surface to lay our eggs. ”

“ They are playful and affectionate.
(whale)
BY THE OYSTER
Do you like oysters? I hope so. This is the oyster season. In the summer months, when I am busy laying eggs I am not good to eat. We lay about two million eggs each season. My children are full grown when they are three years old. You are little more than a baby at that age.
(oyster)
I am called "fashionable" because I am not cheap like herring. I am considered quite a dainty.
I have no head. I have no feet. I have no teeth. But I have a mouth. My house is a hard shell made of two valves joined together by a hinge. ”