During their absence the whole population of the place were in a ferment, and nothing was talked of but 'pehee, pehee' (
fish,
fish).
Then the
fish came swimming to him, and said, 'Well, what is her will?
- to land that
fish; and every moment I thought the line was going to snap!
"Thank Heaven, I'm not a
fish!" said Pinocchio to himself, trying with these words to find a little courage.
And verily, I am well-disposed to mine eternal fate, because it doth not hound and hurry me, but leaveth me time for merriment and mischief; so that I have to-day ascended this high mountain to catch
fish.
But, when it was done, the first day he caught more
fish in it than could the whole tribe in a week, whereat there was great rejoicing.
"I've come down to
fish sturgeon a couple of months," he said to Carmintel.
The Portuguese smiled a brilliant smile that Harvey learned to know well later, and a short-handled fork began to throw
fish into the pen on deck.
There were several
fish in his basket and he was in a good temper.
"But I don't think that
fish had any bones, because I didn't feel them scratch my throat."
"If I catch more than five
fish, I will invite my friends Mr.
“Help, masters, help; here’s a
fish hangs in the net, like a poor Man’s right in the law.’—Pericles of Tyre.