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At 4 pm today, about eighty miles before reaching Galapagos, we
crossed from North Pacific to South
Pacific. |
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Anastasia was visited by Neptunus Rex who wanted to
know why the crew had not asked permission to cross the equator and
demanded that as a penance they undergo trials by sea, sky and
earth,
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The first trial was to rescue a sacred shell from the watery
depths of a pink bucket. |
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Then shells had to be rescued from the clouds,
symbolized by flour, and the earth, symbolized by cocoa
powder.
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Estella was second in line to rescue the
shells. |
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Bertie was not considered presentable enough for an audience
with the king and first had to be
shaved. |
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Before his clouds/earth
ordeal. |
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And marking with the Neptunus
symbol. |
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