They are coming soon , children , coming soon ; I can smell the rain coming up off the sea , and then hurrah for a fresh , and salmon , and plenty of eating all day long . '' And the otter grew so proud that she turned head over heels twice , and then stood upright half out of the water , grinning like a Cheshire cat . `` And where do they come from ? '' asked Tom , who kept himself very close , for he was considerably frightened . `` Out of the sea , eft , the great wide sea , where they might stay and be safe if they liked . But out of the sea the silly things come , into the great river down below , and we come up to watch for them ; and when they go down again we go down and follow them . And there we fish for the bass and the pollock , and have jolly days along the shore , and toss and roll in the breakers , and sleep snug in the warm dry crags . Ah , that is a merry life too , children , if it were not for those horrid men . '' `` What are men ? '' asked Tom ; but somehow he seemed to know before he asked . `` Two-legged things , eft : and , now I come to look at you , they are actually something like you , if you had not a tail '' -LRB- she was determined that Tom should have a tail -RRB- , `` only a great deal bigger , worse luck for us ; and they catch the fish with hooks and lines , which get into our feet sometimes , and set pots along the rocks to catch lobsters . They speared my poor dear husband as he went out to find something for me to eat . I was laid up among the crags then , and we were very low in the world , for the sea was so rough that no fish would come in shore . But they speared him , poor fellow , and I saw them carrying him away upon a pole . All , he lost his life for your sakes , my children , poor dear obedient creature that he was . '' And the otter grew so sentimental -LRB- for otters can be very sentimental when they choose , like a good many people who are both cruel and greedy , and no good to anybody at all -RRB- that she sailed solemnly away down the burn , and Tom saw her no more for that time . And lucky it was for her that she did so ; for no sooner was she gone , than down the bank came seven little rough terrier doors , snuffing and yapping , and grubbing and splashing , in full cry after the otter . Tom hid among the water-lilies till they were gone ; for he could not guess that they were the water-fairies come to help him . But he could not help thinking of what the otter had said about the great river and the broad sea . And , as he thought , he longed to go and see them .
He could not tell why ; but the more he thought , the more he grew discontented with the narrow little stream in which he lived , and all his companions there ; and wanted XXXXX get out into the wide wide world , and enjoy all the wonderful sights of which he was sure it was full .
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