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"Marlo! You're a mess!" Dog Marlo hates his owner-mandated baths, but one day the tedium is offset when he imagines the tub is in the ocean. Marlo encounters sea creatures, dons scuba gear, and proceeds to have a wordless underwater adventure--without his beloved rubber duck, who, keen-eyed readers will gleefully note, lurks somewhere in each sweeping fish-filled spread.