I'm glad you had an amused time reading the fairy tale. That was the point. It turns out that amusing stories are more likely to stick in people's minds than when someone's head explodes again what happens every now and then - but nobody listens either way... ;-)

now where are my pearls???

Wait, wait, wait! The "Begging for Coins" section is at another sea light. Walk a bit further straight ahead, you won't miss it. There are a lot of herrings sitting tightly packed like in a sardine can. Most of them are bubbling. They are all blubbering and are not interested in the blubbering of their neighbour. Many of them even tell two or three stories at the same time, you will recognise them immediately!