. Nelly's first schooldays . real-ly like to try your hand at swimming again. u Fin, you mean, laughed John; fish-es dont have hands that ever / heardtell. Shall I let it go ? « Oh, yes! cried Nell; « but wait tillI get down from the rock so that I cansee it swim away. She clambered down, 154 NELLYS FIRST SCHOOL-DAYS. and soon stood by Johnnys side on thelong grass that grew close to the brooksedge, and mingled with the little whitebubbles on its surface. Johnny stooped,and, holding the fish, put his hands un-der the water. The moment the poor,tortured thing felt the touch of its na-tive eleme
. Nelly's first schooldays . real-ly like to try your hand at swimming again. u Fin, you mean, laughed John; fish-es dont have hands that ever / heardtell. Shall I let it go ? « Oh, yes! cried Nell; « but wait tillI get down from the rock so that I cansee it swim away. She clambered down, 154 NELLYS FIRST SCHOOL-DAYS. and soon stood by Johnnys side on thelong grass that grew close to the brooksedge, and mingled with the little whitebubbles on its surface. Johnny stooped,and, holding the fish, put his hands un-der the water. The moment the poor,tortured thing felt the touch of its na-tive element, it gave a start and wouldhave darted away. Oh, Johnny! exclaimed Nell; donttease it so cruelly. Please let it go. Johnny lifted up his hands, and in-stantly the fish swam off so swiftly thatthey could scarcely see which way itwent. At last Nelly espied it under theshadow of the rock, puffing its littlesides in and out, and looking at themwith its keen, bright eyes, in a veryfrightened way. Poor fish ! said Johnny; swim.
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