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  “What do you think, Shelly?” Adrianna asked.

  Shelly twirled around with excitement. “I think,” she announced, “we should start singing now so Kelpy isn’t late for her purr-formance!”

  The purrmaids formed a circle. Kelpy began the song. Soon all the girls had joined in.

  Purrmaids like us just have to swim together.

  Stick with your friends through calm or stormy weather.

  Oh whoa oh oh whoa oh

  Swimming with the purrmaids like us the purrmaids like us.

  By the time the song ended, Shelly’s face hurt from smiling so hard. “This was a real star purr-formance!” she declared. Everyone clapped for each other.

  “Thank you, girls,” Kelpy said. “This was so much fun.” She searched her guitar case. “I want to give you something so you’ll always remember me.”

  “We could never forget you!” Shelly exclaimed.

  Kelpy smiled. “Still, I have a present.”

  She held out her paw. She was holding some sea-glass music notes from her blue coat. “There are, like, a million of these on my coat,” she explained, “and they’re always falling off. Would you like to keep them as a reminder of today?”

  Each girl took one of the notes. “We could make these into necklaces!” Adrianna said.

  “And we could add these to our friendship bracelets!” Angel added.

  “So you like them?” Kelpy asked.

  “We love them,” Shelly replied. “Thank you so much!” She gave Kelpy a hug and whispered, “This is definitely the best Founder’s Day ever!”

  Read on for a peek at the Purrmaids’ next adventure!

  Dear Coral,

  My family and I are camping in Ponyfish Grotto on the edge of Tortoiseshell Reef this week. I know that is close to Kittentail Cove. I thought maybe you could visit me there.

  Love,

  Sirena

  PS I sent the same invitation to Angel and Shelly. I hope they can come, too!

  “I would love to see Sirena again!” Shelly said. Angel nodded.

  Coral frowned. “I want to see her again, too,” she said. “But when we went to Tortoiseshell Reef, we got lost.”

  “That’s one way to look at it,” Angel replied. “But you could also say that the last time we went to Tortoiseshell Reef, we found a shipwreck, sunken treasure, and a new friend!”

  Coral sighed. Angel was right. That trip really was paw-some. But it was also a little scary! “What about our homework?” Coral asked. “We need to do our scavenger hunt. We might not have enough time to finish that and go see Sirena.”

  Shelly scowled. “Our homework does come first,” she said.

  Angel crossed her paws and tapped her tail on the ground. Suddenly, she exclaimed, “I have a great idea!”

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