Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 101
ing a-fisliing? He casts him his line in the glassy pool At the foot of the gnarled old willow,And, sitting there, dreams he is done with school — He s a hunter, or plows the billow;But a sliver of bark comes floating by,— And, not now of the fish is he thinking,He feigns it a ship, and the pebbles… … AND, SITTING THERE, DREAMS HE IS DONE WITH SCHOOLHE S A HUNTER, OR PLOWS THE BILLOW. 620 LADDIE S FISHING. A locust is singing in yonder vine — No! T is the reel that is whirring!And something is tugging hard at the line That would set even old blood stirring.Ah! there he leaps upward in silvery…
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