Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 540
They re having a singing lesson now,And beating time with their tails; But the tunes seem rather strange to us.For they always sing in scales ! And now up goes a tiny fin From the smallest fish in the class, Please, teacher, may we go to the doorTo look at the soldiers pass? 93* The teacher says… … VI Then back to their lessons the wee fish float, And eagerly they recite.Till the teacher blows on a conch-shell loud, And school is out for the night. \or a while they play in the seaweeds tall. Far under the ocean foam,And romp with their catfish and dogfish pet Till their mothers call them home.
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