 Diver Dan descends to the ocean floor. He hears voices, which he attributes to the ship s radio by way of the diving intercom; but when he asks the captain to turn off the radio, the Captain insists that the radio is not playing. Dan worries that he has been diving too long. Finley Haddock meets Georgie Porgy, and proposes that Georgie join him to listen to Miss Minerva (the Mermaid) sing. Heading for the performance, they encounter a small, beautiful goldfish, newly arrived at the reef and terrified, tucked into a pocket in the reef. As they attempt to reassure her, Doc Sturgeon happens along. Georgie is dispatched to ask Miss Minerva if the goldfish may be brought to her. Doc warns against a possible attack by Baron Barracuda, but Finley promises to guard her. Georgie returns abruptly, announcing that he has encountered a hard round lump of water. It is in fact a descending goldfish bowl, though Georgie, Finley, and Doc do not recognize it as such. In the distance, Diver Dan hears the voices but cannot see the conversants, and fears that the voices are aural hallucinations. The Captain overhears Diver Dan s distraught mumblings, receives an explanation, and tells Dan to prepare to surface. Diver Dan insists that he must attempt to find the source of the voices. Finley, Georgie, and Doc have all abandoned the goldfish in order to investigate the hard water. Baron Barracuda, with Trigger Fish, spots the defenseless goldfish, and prepares to grab her. Diver Dan, protesting, is ordered to prepare to ascend by the Captain, who declares that there is much work to do on their scientific expedition. Ascent begins. Doc identifies the bowl, now resting inverted on a ledge above the pocket, as made of glass. Then they hear a squeak of terror from the goldfish, identified by Finley as Goldie, and see that she is attacked by the Baron and Trigger. As Finely, Doc, and Georgie attempt to go to her rescue, Doc knocks the goldfish bowl from the ledge. The narrator suggests that the bowl may somehow protect Goldie.