Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 288
THE SHARK TRIES. The hearers looked askance at the eel, for hewas an odd fish, with queer manners and slipperyways, and they never thoroughly understood him. i88o.] THE CORAL CASTLE. 787 Why hesitate to avail yourselves of this scientificmethod ? added the eel, with another wriggle. It is true, I… … THE SWORD-FISH TRIES. shell. My fins and scales are not so shining norattractive as yours, yet many a fish has but onetool—its mouth—and that weapon is of limitedcapacity in such an emergency as this. Mybeloved friends, give me a fair show. Go atit, then, grinned the shark. May your efforts be…
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