3. Then all of a sudden the “fish” flew into the air, and all the boys went sprawling on the ground in a heap. Then they discovered it was no fish at all, but only an old boot. Worst of all, old Dr. Lion appeared on the scene. Jumbo explained that he wasn’t fishing — “only teaching the worm to swim.” But the doctor said he would teach him not to give swimming lessons to worms in future, and sent him home at once to his bedroom.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIII, Issue VI, 5 August 1899, Page 223
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863. Then all of a sudden the “fish” flew into the air, and all the boys went sprawling on the ground in a heap. Then they discovered it was no fish at all, but only an old boot. Worst of all, old Dr. Lion appeared on the scene. Jumbo explained that he wasn’t fishing — “only teaching the worm to swim.” But the doctor said he would teach him not to give swimming lessons to worms in future, and sent him home at once to his bedroom. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIII, Issue VI, 5 August 1899, Page 223
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