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"So what brings you on this fine day to the EAC?" asked Crush.

Suddenly the current dipped, then rose. Marlin gripped Crush's shell tightly.

"Whoa, dude. Mr. Turtle is my father. Name is Crush."

"Crush? Really," Marlin said. "Listen, I need to get to the East Australian Current."

"Check it out."

"You're riding on it," Crush told him.

"Dude!" said the sea turtle. "We saw the whole thing. You got some serious thrill issues, dude. Awesome."

"Uh, so, Mr. Turtle?" Marlin said.

Back in the ocean, Marlin rubbed his head. He felt a little funny, like he'd been sleeping too long. Then he remembered the jellyfish. He had been sleeping -- recovering from the poisonous jellyfish stings.

He blinked, trying to focus. Two giant eyes stared back at him -- and he was moving! He was riding on the back of a sea turtle! Marlin gazed around. Hundreds of sea turtles were swimming all around him!

Now that Marlin was looking around, he noticed that the sea turtles were surfing an endless ribbon of green sea. They weaved through the ocean, riding the current.

Marlin sighed. Dory was fine.

Marlin jumped off Crush's back and dove closer. He gasped. Dory was still.

But Crush appeared at his side and held him back.

"They find their way back," Crush explained.

She swam off, peeking under the shells of some small turtles. Young turtles popped out their heads and giggled.

That turtle was his son? But Crush was so calm!

"Catch me if you can!" Dory called, racing away.

Crush pointed below, to another line of swimming turtles. Marlin spied a blue speck lying on one turtle's back. Dory!

"Oh, my goodness --" Marlin cried. He rushed to help.

"Well, Dory and I need to go to Sydney -- Dory. Is she all right?"

All at once, Dory jumped up. "Twenty-nine… thirty!" she shouted. "Ready or not, here I come!"

"Kill the motor, dude. Let's see what Crush junior does flying solo."

The turtle kids formed a chain. They whipped around, and the last in line hurtled off the current.

"Oh, Dory!" he cried, burying his head in his fins. "I'm so sorry. This is all my fault."

"B-But, dude, how do you know when they're ready?" Marlin asked.

"You never really know. But when they know, you'll know," Crush said.

The little turtle paddled back into the current, giggling. "That was so cool!"

Dory and all the other kids spotted Marlin. "Go on!" Dory nudged them. "Jump on him!"

The kids tumbled close to Marlin. "Did you really cross the Jellyfish Forest?" one asked.

Then Crush turned to Marlin. "Intro. Jellyman, Offspring. Offspring, Jellyman."

That dolphin told another dolphin as they swam alongside a boat. A bird sat on the prow and heard the story, too. He told another bird while flying past Sydney Harbor -- right near a flock of pelicans, which included Nigel.

"Did they sting you?" asked another. "Where are you going?" asked a third. "Well, you see, my son was taken away from me." Marlin explained about Nemo and his search. The divers… the angler-fish… the sharks…

The young turtles listened to his story, fascinated. Then they swam off and told other turtles. A lobster overheard the story. She told another lobster while a dolphin dove nearby, listening, too.

"Nemo!" Nigel exclaimed as soon as he heard the story of the brave clownfish. He took off, heading for the dentist's office.