One Horse Leafy

How many have you counted? asks Fritzy.

One, says Terence. The one that I stepped on. 

You should wash your foot, says Whitey.

I'm not allowed in the water, says Terence.

Yeah, he's the thermometer guy, says Fritzy. 

Without a thermometer, says Whitey.

I told you, it's coming, says Terence.

On a bike, says Fritzy.

Is it a double thermometer? asks Whitey.

Why ask the kid that? asks Fritzy.

How else does it pedal,? asks Whitey.

There's no such thing as a double thermometer, says Terence. 

I was kidding, says Whitey. 

There might be, says Fritzy. Just that you've never seen one.

What would you do with it? asks Whitey.

Dunno, says Fritzy.

I know! says Terence. 

Tell us, says Fritzy.

Take two temperatures, says Terence.

Yeah but whose? asks Whitey.

The top of the sea and the bottom of the sea, says Terence. At the same time. 

Hey! says Whitey. This kid knows his science.

I'm in a team, says Terence.

He pokes at the curly thing with his foot.

Aw, says Whitey. You found a dead leafy.

I know, says Terence. A dead leafy horse.

Sea dragon, says Fritzy.

We call them a horse, says Terence.

Are you counting them too? asks Whitey.

Yes, says Terence. One dead fish, one dead horse leafy.

Know what I heard? asks Fritzy.

What? asks Whitey.

I heard they're finding dead cockles at Goolwa, says Fritzy. And the same dirty froth.

That's heaps bad, says Whitey.

Lucky we've got science guy, says Fritzy.

Thermometer guy, says Terence.