Volume 2: 06 - Nautilus

We passed safely

through the rocks and shoals

into an expanse of calm water,

sheltered by jutting cliffs

where the sea

glanced like a mirror

and for the first time

we observed

the fairy-like shells

of the paper nautilus

sailing lightly

over the dazzling surface.

pgs 245 & 246
Swiss Family Robinson

by Johann Wyss

Altered by Sasheena Kurfman 2010