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fall, jumping over the rocks, and playing 
hide-and-seek in the shallows. Then 
there was always the excitement of 
watching for the flies and different in¬ 
sects that hovered near, and which made 
delicious meals Avhen caught. The 
young salmon used to boast of the flies 
they had captured, just as boys and men 
do of their luck in fishing. 
But our hero soon grew tired of this 
quiet life. It seemed very stupid and 
humdrum when compared with Aunt 
Sheen’s marvelous tales of the great ocean, 
and the strange sights and thrilling ad¬ 
ventures that there awaited the voyager. 
He was larger than his brothers and 
sisters, his sea-going instinct was strong 
within him, he longed for the wonders of 
the great, unknown world, and grew tired 
of Aunt Sheen’s repeated warnings. 
This old fish always professed to be 
