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33 64 FABLED STORIES FROM THE ZOO.
as if in dreamy thought. He was sadly dejected
and a whole shoal of us followed his boat across
to the other shore out of very pity and
sympathy.
" None of the other fishes would believe
her when my mother told them that she had
swallowed the golden ring. She tried to
disgorge it, but could not, and then began to think
that if she allowed herself to be caught by some
of the lads who were always fishing at this pier,
somebody on eating her would find the ring,
and return it to the lady, and that might be
the means of re-uniting the parted lovers, and
bringing happiness again to them both ; so she
resolved to do this, and sacrifice herself for this
good end. Indeed, she thought she had lived
quite long enough, if she could at last do a deed
of love to her kind mistress. However, a few
days elapsed before she could quite make up
her mind to knowingly take the dreaded bait,
and before she had said good-bye to everybody
in our creek, which was particularly abundant
in fish. But one sunshiny morning she took
heart, and all of a sudden rushed at the baited
hook, and with a gigantic—I may say heroic—
leap, assisted by the line of the lad’s rod, landed
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