Mary pointed and they all stared in bewilderment. She opened her eyes wide and laughed with glee. "It's an apple," she said. "An apple in the sky!" But Joseph wasn't fooled. Dimly he remembered something Adam had told him--something about a thing that would appear in the sky. He fought hard bringing it to conscious memory. Then he started aft toward the recroom. In there, under the couch, he remembered, was Adam. Adam would remind him what it was. Suddenly Joseph smiled, his face flushed. He turned back to the sunroom port. He wouldn't have to ask Adam, after all. For a moment, he watched to make sure, while the huge yellow sphere swam closer. "No, Mary," he said triumphantly. "It's not an apple in the sky. Apples are red. It's an orange!" End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Deep One, by Neil P. Ruzic