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33 64 FABLED STORIES FROM THE ZOO.
ates us from another little world existing in
another element. Here we can stand with our
eyes close to the glass, and the finny inhabitants
are not in the least concerned at our staring into
their habitation; they may even like it, for all we
know. What if we fancy ourselves little fishes,
too! You smile, my young friends," I said, "but
we may thus better imagine what enjoyments
in life a fish can have, what they say, or, in
some way, communicate to each other, and so
on. Now we extend our fins of fancy, and
propel ourselves in amongst them.
" Why, this world is even more extraordinary
than that on the surface of the earth. The water
is almost of an emerald green, that gives a soft
tinge to everything. This is a fresh-water
locality, and a tiny rill is pouring its silver
stream into it, which has a beautiful effect
against the verdant line of the still water.
What a craggy slope that is, with innumerable
grottoes, partly hid with seaweed and other
water plants, gracefully waving to and fro,
winnowed by the busy fishes, that speed on their
different errands, mostly in pursuit of their food
of little tiny animalculae, too small to be seen by
our unaccustomed eyes. Now there comes a
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