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1、The Great Sea—Serpent 海蟒THEREwasalittlefish—asalt-waterfish—ofgoodfamily:Idon’trecallthename—youwillhavetogetthatfromthelearnedpeople.Thislittlefishhadeighteenhundredbrothersandsistersalljustasoldashe;theydidnotknowtheirfatherandmother,andwereobligedtolookoutforthemselvesattheverybeginning,andswimro
2、und,butthatwasgreatsport.Theyhadwaterenoughtodrink,theentireocean;theythoughtnothingabouttheirfood,itcamewhentheywantedit.Eachdidasitpleased,eachwastomakeoutitsownstory—ay,rathernoneofthemthoughtatallaboutthat.Thesunshonedownonthewaterthatwaslightaboutthem,soclearwasit.Itwasaworldwiththestrangestcre
3、atures,andsomeveryhorridandbig,withgreatgapingmouthsthatcouldgulpdownalltheeighteenhundredbrothersandsisters,butneitherdidtheythinkofthat,fornoneofthemasyethadbeenswallowed.Thesmallonesswamsidebysideclosetogether,asherringsandmackerelswim.Butastheywereswimmingtheirprettiestinthewaterandthinkingofnot
4、hing,theresankwithprodigiousnoise,fromabove,rightdownthroughthem,alongheavythingthatlookedasifitneverwouldcometoanend;itstretchedoutfartherandfarther,andeveryoneofthelittlefishesthatscamperedoffwaseithercrushedorgotacrackthatitcouldnotstand.Allthelittlefishes,andthegreatoneswiththem,fromthelevelofth
5、eseatothebottom,werethrownintoapanic.Thegreathorridthingsankdeeperanddeeper,andgrewlongerandlonger,milesandmileslong.Thefishesandsnails,everythingthatswims,orcreeps,orisdrivenbythecurrent,sawthisfearfulthing,thisenormousincomprehensiblesea-eelwhichhadcomedownupontheminthisfashion.Whatwasthething,any
6、way?ah,weknow;itwasthegreatinterminabletelegraphcablethatpeoplewerelayingbetweenEuropeandAmerica.Therewasaconfusionandcommotionamongstalltherightfuloccupantsoftheseawherethecablewaslaid.Theflyingfishesshotupabovethesurfaceashighastheycouldflingthemselves;theblow-fishtookaleapanentiregunshotinlengtho
7、verthewater,foritcandothat;theotherfishmadeforthebottomofthesea,andwentdownwithsuchhastethattheyreacheditlongbeforethetelegraphwasseenorknownaboutdownthere;theypouredinonthecodandfloundersthatlivedpea
