him his way : but the otter and the eels were gone onmiles and miles down the stream. There he waited, and slept too, for he was quitetired with his nights journey; and, when he woke, thestream was clearing to a beautiful amber hue, thoughit was still very high. And after a while he saw asight… … 122 THE WATER-BABIES CHAP. stream past him, as easily as Tom had sculleddown. Such a fish ! shining silver from head to tail, andhere and there a crimson dot; with a grand hookednose and grand curling lip, and a grand bright eye,looking round him as proudly as a king, and sur-veying the water right…
Fairy tales · Chimney sweeps
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