The Octonauts & the Frown Fish

In “The Octonauts & the Great Ghost Reef,” the Octonauts meet a fish with a giant frown on its face. It looks so glum that it's causing everyone around to feel down too. Our heroes need to find a way to cheer it up. So the Octonauts share their favorite pastimes! Readers will enjoy making music, building robots, baking desserts, and carousing at the playground. But will the fun-loving crew ever make their new friend smile?

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(00:00):
Today, we're reading the Oktanuts and the frown fish by
Meiomi.
It was a quiet and rainyafternoon at the bottom of the
ocean.
When.
Professor inkling was dustinghis dust jackets.
Quasi kitten was watering hiscatnip.

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Tweak bunny was playing thegame.
Captain barnacles bear withsinging in the rain.
Tune up the vegetable wastossing a salad.
Peso penguin was pinging.
Shellington sea Otter waspawning.
Dashi dog was sounding the Yoctoalert.
The crew, hurry down to HQ tofind dashi monitoring the

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Octopod screens.
Anxiously.
There's a fish with a very bigfrown outside.
She reported to the others.
He looks so glum that all thecreatures around him are
starting to get upset too.
I can't find a fish like him onthe Octa net.
Dr.
Shellington said excitedly,could he be a new species?

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Octonauts we should investigateprofessor England declared.
Up close.
The little fish looked evengloomier.
Why are you so sad?
Dare she asked with concern, butthe fish only replied.
Glub glub.
What a dilemma.
None of the Octa not spoke.
Frownies.

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Perhaps, if we understood hislanguage, then we could help
him.
Dr.
Shellington proposed.
Shellington and dashi spenthours in the lab trying to learn
frownies, But it proved to be avery difficult language to
translate.
I don't think we can work muchlonger dashi side.
I'm starting to feel unhappymyself.
Let's think of other ways wecould cheer him up.

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Play music with my friends,always brightens my day.
Peso shyly suggested.
He invited everyone to pick upan instrument.
As the crew gathered together toplay a happy song.
Other creatures joined in Therewas a clam Capella group, a C
Horcose stra and a baritonewhale.
Unfortunately, the frown fishdidn't have an ear for music and

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continued to Powell.
It's hard to feel sad whenyou're being glamorous quasi
announced with a flourish.
Let's have a dress up party.
The little fish tried on manydifferent costumes.
But none of them could disguisethe sadness.

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Dashi held up her favoritecamera and asked why don't we
visit the famous snail gardens?
We could have a photographyfield trip.
The Okta knots took photos ofbig snails and little snails,
striped, snails, and polka dots.
Snails.
The frown fish, however,wouldn't even smile for the
camera.
A game of miniature golf, alwaystickles my fancy revealed.

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Dr.
Shellington.
The group putted in swung theirway through many aquatic
obstacles, sand shark traps, seadragons, and electric yield
tunnels.
The frown fish scored a hole inone on the king crab course.
But he didn't look any happier.
I like working with my Pauls.

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Let's build something.
Tweak suggested.
Surrounded by gadgets andcontraptions.
The crew constructed a robo tankfor the frown fish.
Tweet stood back and admiredtheir work.
Now our friend can use this newsea legs to visit us inside the
Octopod.
If possible the frown fishlooked even frowny or.

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Tuna chirp D girly as it led thegroup into the kitchen.
Vegetables love to cook andbake.
Maybe the frown fishes hungry.
Dr.
Shellington interpretedhelpfully.
the whole crew set out to maketheir favorite pastries.
They baked kelp cakes.
Muffins and even a fancy kelpsouffle.
The frown fish ate an entireplate of cookies, but he still

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looked unsatisfied.
There is nothing like perusingthe printed word to stimulate
the intellect.
And galvanize the imagination.
Professor and clean exclaimed toa confused crew.
To the library, my delightfulcolleagues.
Professor inkling read from hisfavorite book of jokes, but the

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frown fish didn't laugh once.
Frown fish must not have funnybones.
Inkling decided.
the other Octonauts weren't toosure.
They didn't get the jokeseither.
Oh, I always feel better after Iexercise.
Captain barnacles said.
The Okta not smooshed down theslide, climb the jungle gym and

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rode the Seesaw.
Peso in the frown fish set onthe merry-go-round while quasi
pushed them faster and fasteruntil.
Oop.
The Fram fish flew right off.
The little fish turned bounced.
And rolled over.
Everyone rushed over in alarm.

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They had only been trying tocheer him up, but now he
might've gotten hurt.
To the Okta not surprise thefrown fish had a big smile on
his face.
Of course professor inklingrealized he's not a frown fish.
He's an upside down fish.

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There are different types offish that swim upside down.
It's easier for them to spotfood.
This chap is a fine example ofan upside down cat fish.
Everyone left and relieved todiscover that their new friend
had been smiling the whole day.
The catfish made a big earth.

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And turned himself back, upsidedown.
Or was it right-side up?