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THE KNOWING LITTLE FISH
“Ahem! now we are ready!” said a knowing city chap,
As he flung his hook, well baited, and heard it strike “kerflap!”
“This cloudy day is just the one; the game is sure to bite.
I'll have a jolly basketful to show the folks, by night.”
As he flung his hook, well baited, and heard it strike “kerflap!”
“This cloudy day is just the one; the game is sure to bite.
I'll have a jolly basketful to show the folks, by night.”
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And “Ha! ha! ha!” laughed the happy little fish,
“Now we are safe and cozy as any one could wish!
For we know about that funny thing that lives upon the land,
And we 're not the fools he takes us for, he'll please to understand.”
“Now we are safe and cozy as any one could wish!
For we know about that funny thing that lives upon the land,
And we 're not the fools he takes us for, he'll please to understand.”
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