swam fast away from us and from the ship passengers and never returned. I tried to search for him but I couldn't find him," the answer of Tristan to his king.

          Calmly the king commanded, "Go out to the sea, find him and bring him back to the palace."

           Immediately the ten mermen swam and left the palace and searched for Raffy. They swam and swam looking for schools of flying fishes in the ocean. And when they found a big group of flying fishes, they immediately approached and asked.

          "Have you seen a flying fish called Raffy?" asked Tristan immediately to the big group of flying fishes.

          "Is there a flying fish named Raffy in our group?" asked one flying fish loudly to all the flying fishes around them. Nobody answered. "I guess there's no Raffy in our group.