This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2023 by Selina J. Eckert

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First e-book edition March 2023

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ISBN 9781954466258

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Selina J. Eckert

For my brother and sister

For our childhood summers together

With Olly the Octopus and Tuggy the Tugboat

and our many adventures with them both

inside our own imaginations.