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 "Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail,
 "There's a porpoise close behind us, and read more 
 "Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail,
 "There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my 
tail!
  See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance:
   They are waiting on the shingle--will you come and join the 
dance?" 
A sly old fish, too cunning for the hook.
A sly old fish, too cunning for the hook.
 The little fishes of the sea,
 They sent an answer back to me.
  The little fishes' answer read more 
 The little fishes of the sea,
 They sent an answer back to me.
  The little fishes' answer was
   "We cannot do it, Sir, because--" 
 Here when the labouring fish does at the foot arrive,
 And finds that by his strength but vainly he read more 
 Here when the labouring fish does at the foot arrive,
 And finds that by his strength but vainly he doth strive;
  His tail takes in his teeth, and bending like a bow,
   That's to the compass drawn, aloft himself doth throw:
    Then springing at his height, as doth a little wand,
     That, bended end to end, and flerted from the hand,
      Far off itself doth cast. so does the salmon vaut.
       And if at first he fail, his second summersaut
        He instantly assays and from his nimble ring,
         Still yarking never leaves, until himself he fling
          Above the streamful top of the surrounded heap. 
 Damn'd neuters, in their middle way of steering,
 Are neither fish, nor flesh, nor good red herring.  
 Damn'd neuters, in their middle way of steering,
 Are neither fish, nor flesh, nor good red herring. 
 But death is sure to kill all he can get
 And all is fish with him that comes to read more 
 But death is sure to kill all he can get
 And all is fish with him that comes to net. 
 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: 
and let them have dominion over read more 
 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: 
and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the 
fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and 
over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 
I have other fish to fry.
I have other fish to fry.
And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.