There were no doors or windows, but instead of these, several round holes appeared in different parts of the dome, some being high up and some low down and some in between.
Out of one of these holes, which it just fitted, stretched the long, brown body of the sea serpent.

Trot, being astonished at this sight, asked, "Didn't you take all of you when you went to the cavern, Anko ?" "Nearly all, my dear," was the reply, accompanied by a cheerful smile, for Anko was proud of his great length.

"But not quite all.
Some of me remained, as usual, to keep house while my head was away.
But I've been coiling up ever since we started back, and you will soon be able to see every inch of me all together." Even as he spoke, his head slid into the round hole, and at a signal from Aquareine they all paused outside and waited.

Presently there came to them four beautiful winged fishes with faces like doll babies.

Their long hair and eyelashes were of a purple color, and their cheeks had rosy spots that looked as if they had been painted upon them.