INthesea,onceuponatime,OmyBestBeloved,therewasaWhale,aefishes.Heatethestarfishandthegarfish,andthecrabandthedab,andtheplaidthedadtheskateandhismate,andthemackereelandthepickereel,andthereallytrulytwirly-whirlyeel.Allthefisheshecouldfindinalltheseaheatewithhismouth--so!Tillatlasttherewasonlyonesmallfishleftinallthesea,andhewasasmallStuteFish,andheswamalittlebehindtheWhalesrightear,soastobeoutofharmsway.ThentheWhalestooduponhistailandsaid,Imhungry.AndthesmallStuteFishsaidinasmallstutevoiobleandgenerousCeta,haveyouevertastedMan?

    No,saidtheWhale.Whatisitlike?

    Nice,saidthesmallStuteFish.nubbly.

    Thechmesome,saidtheWhale,andhemadetheseafrothupwithhistail.

    Oimeisenough,saidtheStuteFish.IfyouswimtolatitudeFiftyNorth,longitudeFortyWest(thatismagic),youwillfind,sitting_on_araft,_in_themiddleofthesea,withnothingonbutapairofbluevasbreeches,apairofsuspenders(youmust_not_fetthesuspenders,BestBeloved),andajaife,oneship-wreckedMariner,who,itisonlyfairtotellyou,isamanofinfinite-resourd-sagacity.

    SotheWhaleswamandswamtolatitudeFiftyNorth,longitudeFortyWest,asfastashecouldswim,and_on_araft,_in_themiddleofthesea,_with_nothingtowearexceptapairofbluevasbreeches,apairofsuspenders(youmustparticularlyrememberthesuspenders,BestBeloved),_and_ajaife,hefoundonesingle,solitaryshipwreckedMarirailinghistoesier.(Hehadhismummysleavetopaddle,orelsehewouldneverhavedo,becausehewasamanofinfinite-resourd-sagacity.)

    Thentheenedhismouthbadbadbacktillitnearlytouchedhistail