The Sea Egg Author:L. M. Boston It was a magical morning when the lobster man showed Toby and Joe the egg-shaped stone he had found in his catch. They loved it instantly and wanted it desperately. After it became theirs, they placed the egg in a sheltered pool of sea water that could be reached only at low tide through a tunnel in the headland. There they hoped that whatever i... more »t might be--sea serpent, sea ogre, sea genie, or perhaps a sea horse--could hatch in secrecy and safety, protected from the full force of the sea by immovable barriers of rock.« less