5 edition of I heard the old fishermen say found in the catalog.
Published
1978
by University of Texas Press in Austin
.
Written in
Edition Notes
Bibliography: p. [179]-183.
| Statement | by Patrick B. Mullen. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | GR110.T5 M84 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | xxx, 183 p., [2] leaves of plates : |
| Number of Pages | 183 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL4713956M |
| ISBN 10 | 0292738137 |
| LC Control Number | 78000033 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 3604350 |
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He wonders when he developed the habit of talking to himself but does not remember. He thinks that if the other fishermen heard him talking, they would think him crazy, although he knows he isn’t. Eventually, the old man realizes that he has sailed so far out that he can no longer see the green of the shore. THE FISHERMAN AND THE FISH Summary: The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish is adapted from a fairy tale in verse by Alexander Pushkin, the .
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And he tells me, too, about other old fishermen of Cojimar.So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his outer garment on (for he was stripped for work), and threw himself into the sea.
But the other disciples came in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but about one hundred yards away, dragging the net full of fish.
