The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher

8/6/2019 The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher

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THE TALE OFMR. JERE:MFISHElR

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Once ~on O IJ time there was afrog called! i M l : _ Jeremy Fisher; he lived m < lJ little damp house amongstilieibuttterolllpsat the edge of apond,The water was all slippy-sloppy in ilie larder and in . th e bad::: passage,But Mr. Jeremy liked getting his feet wet; nobody everscolded him, and! ili:teever caught < lJ coldl


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He was quite pleased! when ffileooked out and. SOLW large drops of'rain, splashing in . th e pond+-'''I will get some WO=5 and go fishing and catch a i l l s f f i l . of mi nnows for my dinner.lsaid Mr. JeremyFisher. "If [ catch more than five f i s f f i l , m will invite Ill)' friends i N l i r . Alderman ]Ptolemyl'ol'ltoise and! SirIsaac Newton, The .Mdennan, however, eats salad."


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i l !. 1 i r _ Jeremy put on. a I D " c 1 n t O s J i I , and. a pair of shinygoloshes; he took ills rod and b1!iSkiet,.and set offwithenormous hops to the place where lIe wept his boat_The boat W~1l5round and green, and very [ike the other lily -Ieaves. It W1l5 tied. Ito < lJ water -plant in . iliemiddle of tile ponel_

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i l v I i r _ Jeremy took a reed pole,.1I11dpn,slled! the boat ant into open water. " m know a goad! placeforminnows," said Mr. Jeremy i1Fisller_i lV I i r _ Jeremy stuck his pale into the mud! and astrooed! the ~oat to itThen l1e settled himself cross-leggedandarranged Ills fishing ~aclcle_ He l1ad rtthedearest little red floatHis rod! was a tough stalk of grass, his line was a. fine lang white horse-hair, and he tied a littlewriggling worm at the ood.

The min !trickled! down rusback, and for nearly ill!hour he stared at the iIloat

He punted back again amongst rtthewater -plants, and ~ook same I ' ru tch. ant of IUs basket."' 1 will eat < lJ butterfly sandwich, and wait till the shower is over," said N I i r _ Jeremy Fisher.


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A great big water -beetle came up underneath the i l l y leinfand tweaked lihetoe of one of his goloshes.i iv I i r _ Jeremy crossed illslegs upshorter, ont of reach, and went on eating his sandwich,Once OF ~ce~omethlngmoved! about with a.rustle and!a splash amongst lihernshes at the side of1iIlepond,


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Mr. Jeremy shoved th e boat out again a little W


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The stickfebackffonndered abont the b oa t, p ri dc in g and snappinguntil il e was quite out of breath.Then he jnmpedback into the water.And a shoal of oilier littlefishes pl l1 t! : l1m i lea&; out, and lall1gilediat Mr. Jeremy Fidler .

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And while Mr. Jeremy sat disconsolately on the edge of hi s ~oat-~uckmg hissore fingers and!peeringdown into the water-e-a much worse thing happened; < lJ .,ea11Yrightful thing it would have been, ifMr. Jeremy !lad not been wearing a macintosh!A great big enormous trout carne up----:k,er-pflop-p-p-pl ,vitil a spiash=-and it seized Nli r . Jeremy witha snap, "Owl Ow! OW'!"'-W1d then it turned and!dived down to the bottom ofiliepond!.!

But ilie trout was so displeased with the ~te of themacintosh, that in.Iess than !laJf aminute it spatiilin out again; and the only iliffigit swallowed W


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He scrambled! out Ol the first bank he came to, and he hopped. home across the meadow with 1U5macintosh a l l ! in tatters."What : 0 1 . . mercy that was 110ft. pikd"s:aid! Mr. Jeremy Fisher, "[ have lost my rod and baskieft;but itdoes 110ftmuch matter, for I am sure I shou ld never have dared to gofishing againl"


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He put some stickingplaster 0[1 r u s lingers, and Ills friends both came to dinner. He willa. not offerrtth em fis h, bu t h e ila d s om eth ing els e in i l ls larder.


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And instead of a nice d i s J h . ofminnows=-they had a roasted grasshopper with lady-bird sauce; whichfrogs consider < lJ ~ e " l l t r : i f u J l . treatbut J~ it must ffilavebeoonastyl

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