Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 572
As they swam in the water blue, I often wish that my golden scalesWere of quite a different hue. I used to wonder, when I was young,Why fishes were not alike :Why the shad and the whale were not the same,And the salmon and smelt and pike. But now I am glad we are as we are ;For if we were all the… … A CHILLY NIGHT. BY WENDELL K. MORGAN, AGE 17. My friend, said the trout, with a solemn air, Just listen to what I say.You d better become a good goldfishThan a very poor whale some day. MY NARROW ESCAPE. BY SARAH DAVIS (AGE 13). One Sunday in May my cousin and I started afterdogwood. We were…
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