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At the time Mother Earth sent out her message that she was

going to change what everyone looked like. Platypus was under

the water, playing with his friend Fish.

Platypus stayed in the water even after Fish had gone out, and

since sound doesn’t travel that well under water, platypus didn’t

get to hear Mother Earth’s message. It was only when Fish came

back looking like a beautiful river fish, with his scales gleaming,

that Platypus knew about the message.

He left immediately for Mother Earth’s home so that he could

look different. But by the time he got there, there was only

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