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THE FISHES AND NEWTS.
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which I heard before I came here; for we are
not deaf, as those ignorant people believe."
And look, what a number of fishes collect!
Some we have not seen before. I dare say a
story has a peculiar charm in this mystic twilight.
And the small fry now return most eagerly too,
and all stand still and motionless in the water,
as we often see fishes do. I wonder if they are
always listening to tales or receiving instruction
from far travelled fishes when we see them thus.
And look! even a couple of green newts have
come down from their craggy mount, and
paddle along through the group. Did you not
observe that one was busy folding her eggs up
in a pendant leaf of that water plant, where they
will be gently cradled by the willing frond ?
I dare say she will be a good mother, and look
to the little ones in the nursery at times. A
number of transparent little shrimps are also
paddling quickly about everywhere,—but they
are too small to take an interest in the story,
and nobody ever tells them anything, for they
could not keep a secret,—any one could
see through them at once. Two fresh-water
mussels are opening the doors of their
two-roomed houses, and peep forth with their ugly
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