Spirit and the Jellyfish Lake of Palau

The story

Spirit is the quietest Goop of all, and whenever she holds her smooth river stone, she drifts far away in her mind. When Miss Wigglebutt asks her for an ocean fact, Spirit squeezes the stone and is pulled right out of the classroom.

She finds herself waist-deep in Jellyfish Lake in Palau, surrounded by millions of soft golden jellyfish. A small silver fish named Mechel warns her about the lake's one rule, but something very large is watching from the mangroves.

The real place: Jellyfish Lake, Palau

Three things to tell your kid after the story.

1. 1Jellyfish Lake sits on an island in Palau, and huge crowds of golden jellyfish swim across it every day, following the sun.
2. 2These jellyfish have such a weak sting that swimmers usually can't feel it at all.
3. 3Deep down, the lake has a layer of water with a poisonous gas, so the jellyfish stay near the sunny top.

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