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A fisherman lived on the shore	A
It's a habit that fishers affect	B
And his life was a hideous bore	A
He had nothing to do but collect	B
Continual harvests of seaweed and shells	C
Which he stuck upon photograph frames	D
To sell to the guests in the summer hotels	C
With the quite inappropriate names	D
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He would wander along by the edge	E
Of the sea and I know for a fact	F
From the pools with a portable dredge	E
He would curious creatures extract	F
And during the season he always took lots	G
Of tourists out fishing for bass	H
And showed them politely impossible spots	G
In the culpable way of his class	H
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It happened one day as afar	I
He roved on the glistening strand	J
That he chanced on a curious jar	I
Which lay on a hummock of sand	J
It was closed at the mouth with a cork and a seal	K
And over the top there was tied	L
A cloth and the fisherman couldn't but feel	K
That he ought to see what was inside	L
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But what were his fear and surprise	M
When the stopper he held in his hand	J
For a genie of singular size	M
Appeared in a trice on the sand	J
Who said in the roughest and rudest of tones	N
A monster you've foolishly freed	O
I shall simply make way with you body and bones	N
And that with phenomenal speed	O
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The fisherman looked in his face	P
And answered him boldly My friend	Q
How you ever were packed in that space	P
Is something I don't comprehend	Q
Pray do me the favor to show me how you	R
Can do it as large as you are	I
The genie retorted That's just what I'll do	R
And promptly re ntered the jar	I
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The fisherman corked him up tight	S
The genie protested and raved	T
But for all he accomplished he might	S
As well all his shouting have saved	T
And whenever a generous bonus is paid	U
The fisherman willingly tells	C
The singular tale of this trick that he played	U
To the guests in the summer hotels	C
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The Moral When fortune you strike	V
And you've slipped through a dangerous crack	W
Get as forward as ever you like	V
But never oh never get back	W

Guy Wetmore Carryl

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