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LITTLE FOLKS 
SOME DROLL FISHES. 
This is a beauty, isn't it ? What a graceful form, and pleasant 
eyes, and oh ! what a mouth ! Do you see that unhappy little fish, 
who thinks he's going to dine off that floating object above his 
head? Misguided creature! In about one second the world will 
turn dark, and he'll find himself safely housed in the stomach of the 
Angler Fish. 
That interesting creature is sometimes called the Wide Gab, 
from the size of his mouth — a very appropriate name, I'm sure. 
However, though his ways are not pleasant, and his looks are 
horrible, I don't suppose he is really any more vicious and cruel 
than the beautiful sea lily I told you about. He only hunts — or 
fishes — to eat, and that's what all of us do, up to man. He is not 
a swift swimmer, and nature has provided him with a fishing-rod 
and line, as you see. The end of the line has a bit of shiny mem- 
