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"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail,
"There's a porpoise close behind us, and read more
"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail,
"There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my
tail!
See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance:
They are waiting on the shingle--will you come and join the
dance?"
Un-dish-cover the fish, or dishcover the riddle.
Un-dish-cover the fish, or dishcover the riddle.
Ann, Ann!
Come! quick as you can!
There's a fish that talks
In the read more
Ann, Ann!
Come! quick as you can!
There's a fish that talks
In the frying-pan.
But death is sure to kill all he can get
And all is fish with him that comes to read more
But death is sure to kill all he can get
And all is fish with him that comes to net.
A sly old fish, too cunning for the hook.
A sly old fish, too cunning for the hook.
I will not make fish one and flesh of another.
I will not make fish one and flesh of another.
Damn'd neuters, in their middle way of steering,
Are neither fish, nor flesh, nor good red herring.
Damn'd neuters, in their middle way of steering,
Are neither fish, nor flesh, nor good red herring.
One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto
him,
There is a lad here, which hath read more
One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto
him,
There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small
fishes: but what are they among so many?
The whales, you see, eat up the little fish.
The whales, you see, eat up the little fish.