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The story of the earth is long. It is found recorded in the rocks. These pictures tell a part of it. You see a stream which ages ago flowed down through the mountains to the sea. Its rushing current carried sand, gravel and stones which fell to the bottom of the sea and covered up shells, bones of fish, etc., which lay on the bottom.

Later great monsters lived in the sea; some of these are shown here. The large one lifting its head above the water had a long name which means "fish lizard." As time passed the stream grew broader and washed down more stones and soil which fell into the sea, covering the sea weeds, shells, bones of dead fish, etc.

The great fish lizard was killed in a fight with other monsters and its body fell to the bottom Trees no grew on the land and dead trunks and branches fell into the sea, became water soaked and dropped to the bottom. All these were covered up by material which was carried down by the stream, now become a great river.