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diff --git a/old/56206.txt b/old/56206.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 8dd854c..0000000 --- a/old/56206.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,639 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of My Book of Ten Fishes, by Rosalie G. Mendel - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most -other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: My Book of Ten Fishes - -Author: Rosalie G. Mendel - -Illustrator: Hazel Frazee - -Release Date: December 19, 2017 [EBook #56206] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MY BOOK OF TEN FISHES *** - - - - -Produced by Al Haines - - - - - - - - -[Illustration: Cover art] - - - - -[Frontispiece: (starfish)] - - - - - My Book of - Ten Fishes - - _by_ - - Rosalie G. Mendel - - Author of Spark Series, - "My Book of Ten - Fishes," etc. - - - - ILLUSTRATED BY - HAZEL FRAZEE - - - Whitman Publishing Co. - Racine, Wisconsin. - - - - - Copyright 1916 - WHITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY - - - - -BY THE STAR FISH - -Do you know why I am called a "Star Fish?" It is because I am shaped -like a star. I am the star of the sea. - -My five large, thick arms point in different directions. On the end of -each one is a red spot. Those are my eyes. My body is covered with -little spine-like prickles. On the under side of my body, near the -center, is my mouth. - -My favorite foods are oysters and clams. When I want my dinner I bend -my arms, or rays, to form a cup. I catch food with the hundreds of -little suckers that are on the under side of my body. - - - - -BY THE SALMON - -Did you ever go fishing? Did you ever catch a Salmon? I doubt it. It -takes a mighty sharp fisherman to catch me. - -I am called "the king of the fresh water fish." I am the most valuable -and delicate of all fish. My flavor is excellent and I have few -troublesome bones. - -My home is in the sea. But in the autumn of the year I leave it and -travel to the river where I was born. There I deposit eggs in the -shallow creeks. The eggs remain there until the next spring. Then -they are hatched into baby salmons. - -[Illustration: (salmon)] - -These children remain for two years in the river. Then, in the third -spring, they seek the cool waters of the sea. - -Often, on my journey from the sea to my birthplace, I come to roaring -waterfalls. To reach the top of these is hard and dangerous. But I am -never afraid. I curl my body so that my tail almost reaches my mouth. -Then I give an upward spring. Sometimes I fail, but if I do I try -again. Did you ever see a picture of a "salmon leap?" - - - - -BY THE LOBSTER - -You have eaten lobsters, haven't you? If not, I am sorry for you, -because I am considered a very fine-tasting sea food. - -When a lobster is brought to the dinner table it is a bright red. But -when it swims in the ocean, before it is boiled, its shell is very -dark, almost black. - -Mother Nature furnished me with a hard shell made of lime. This -protects my soft body from my enemies. This shell fits me as tightly -as your Sunday kid glove fits you. When my body grows too large for -it, I get ready for a new one. I hide myself from everyone. I stop -eating and so get thinner. My body shrinks away from my shell. It -splits and comes off. Then a new one at once begins to cover me. At -first it is very soft, but it soon gets as hard as my other one. The -old shell comes off in one piece. If you saw it lying on the sand you -would think it a live lobster. - -Snap! Snap! See my two pinchers! Look out or I might bite you! -Snap! Snap! - -[Illustration: (lobster)] - - - - -BY THE SHARK - -I am a shark! I am called "the tiger of the ocean," because I am so -large, strong and terrible. I eat human flesh. - -[Illustration: (shark)] - -I guess I am not very good to look at. They say my mouth has a -horrible, mean expression. I am about thirty feet long! - -I have six rows of strong, sharp-pointed teeth--sharper than any knife -you ever had. I can raise or lower these as I wish. - -Most fish, when they drop their eggs, forget all about them. But I -love and take care of my young ones. - - - - -BY THE CRAB - -People say I am a quarrelsome creature. That is why cross persons are -called "crabby." But I won't ever quarrel with you, little one. - -I am a first cousin of the lobster. I have a soft body protected with -a hard shell. When I grow too big I throw it off and then I get a new -one, just like Mr. Lobster does. - -I have five pairs of legs. Poor child, you have only one pair. I walk -sideways. In walking I use the legs on one side of my body to push -with and those on the other side to pull with. My short tail I carry -folded under my body. See my two strong pairs of nippers! With these -pinchers I defend myself from my enemies. I wouldn't hurt you, though. - -Oysters and other small sea animals often attach themselves to my shell -and stay there a long time. - -Men catch us crabs in wicker pots that are sunk deep in the water. In -each is placed some bait. - -Are you a "crabby" little person? I hope not. - -[Illustration: (crab)] - - - - -BY THE WHALE - -"That she blows! Thar she blows!" That is what the sailors cry when -they see me spout air and water out of the holes in the top part of my -head. Sometimes I spout water 60 or 70 feet high. - -I am a Right or Greenland whale. I live in the cold north seas. -Underneath my skin are layers of fat called "blubber," that keep my -body warm. From this blubber men take large quantities of oil. It is -very valuable. Some whales give as much as 300 barrels of oil. Just -think of that! - -When I want my dinner I just open my mouth and collect thousands of -small fish. I have no real teeth, but in my upper jaw are fringed -plates known as "whale-bones." Maybe your mamma has sent you to the -store to buy whale-bone for her new dress. - -My cousin, the sperm whale, lives in the warm part of the ocean. Your -nice white candles are made from spermaceti. It is taken from the head -of the sperm whale. He also gives you "ambergris," out of which fine -perfume is made. - -The dolphin and the porpoise are smaller whale-like animals. They are -playful and affectionate. - -[Illustration: (whale)] - - - - -BY THE OYSTER - -Do you like oysters? I hope so. This is the oyster season. In the -summer months, when I am busy laying eggs I am not good to eat. We lay -about two million eggs each season. My children are full grown when -they are three years old. You are little more than a baby at that age. - -[Illustration: (oyster)] - -I am called "fashionable" because I am not cheap like herring. I am -considered quite a dainty. - -I have no head. I have no feet. I have no teeth. But I have a mouth. -My house is a hard shell made of two valves joined together by a hinge. - -Of course you know that pearls come from oysters. Often men risk their -lives in diving to the bottom of the ocean to get these precious gems. -Sharks are great enemies of the pearl divers. The mother of pearl is -the lining of the pearl oyster shell. Have any of you little chaps -knives with handles made of mother of pearl? - -Oh! I am an exciting fish, I am! Good night. Don't dream about me! - - - - -BY THE SARDINE - -We are called sardines because we are caught on the coast of a country -called Sardinia. - -[Illustration: (sardines)] - -We are considered beautiful, graceful little swimmers. Most of us are -about three or four inches long. Our color is bright green above and -silvery white below. We live in the deep sea and only come to the -surface to lay our eggs. - -Along the coasts where we are caught there are many sardine factories. -There they can us. - -Ask your mother to buy a box of sardines for supper tonight. Then tell -her all you know about us. - - - - - - - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's My Book of Ten Fishes, by Rosalie G. 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