Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 722
and deceitful creatures ! criedWillie, shouting back to the fishes. When myfather comes here to fish, I hope he will catch a lotof you ; and if you wont bite at a hook, he 11 use anet. A net! What s that? asked the greattrout. Never you mind, said Willie ; but it catchesever so many more fishes… … His mother does not notice he is sitting on the sweep,And as she pulls the bucket-pole, he upward takes a leap.And deeper as she forces it into the depths below,Still higher and still higher that astonished boy doth go. BUT —This is a world of many strange surprises.Look out, good mother, when that…
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