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Show A FABLE. 13y Nemo , '' Once a-tadpole fell in love with a ;youug lady whale. His little eyes were dazzled with her, glossy skin,, and- her deep darlt complexion. Her stately form was 'seductiva to his mite of miad,.and the motion of her hus so enraptured his soul that he dreamed he Wrfs waltzing with his sweetheart iu the briny deep. He i-poke to her in his tenderest tones, but as he had no megaphone, the lddy whale heard him not. He tried to attract her attention by splashing the sea with his liny tail, but the whale had gone to sleep and shw him not. He then observed the whale was reposing with her mouth open and quick as a dart he glided ,nside a;id snuggled down closo to her b-Hi't, and this wa3 the last of our poor iittle tadpole, as he was at ence nu"i rtf'd in'-o wh ile nutrition.. i hi -i f .li'o te;icltss us to brf d icreet u the (-election of our conqi-mions, 8, .tl nut strive for one outside our class. A fe it her weight is no match for a, h.-)rt v y weight. |