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This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only
an organizing genius could produce a shortage read more
This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only
an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at
the same time.
The great fishpond (the sea).
The great fishpond (the sea).
The whales, you see, eat up the little fish.
The whales, you see, eat up the little fish.
I will not make fish one and flesh of another.
I will not make fish one and flesh of another.
When fishes flew and forests walked
And figs grew upon thorn,
Some moment when the moon was read more
When fishes flew and forests walked
And figs grew upon thorn,
Some moment when the moon was blood
Then surely I was born.
With monstrous head and sickening cry
And ears like errant wings,
The devil's walking parody
On all four-footed things.
How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spreads his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in
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How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spreads his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in
With gently smiling jaws!
I have other fish to fry.
I have other fish to fry.
The great fish [eat] the small.
The great fish [eat] the small.
A sly old fish, too cunning for the hook.
A sly old fish, too cunning for the hook.