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The Widow's Cruise by Frank Stockton

LitReading - Classic Short Stories

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I Used Electricity When I Was Younger Than I Was

A diving bell hasn't any bottom at all, and the water never comes in. So i blew the can full of air and corked it to make a hole big enough for me to get through. When i got the hole big enough, i took the oil can under my arm and was just about to slip down through it when i saw an awful turtle a walking through the sand at the bottom. Now i might trust sharks and swordfishes and sea serpents to be frightened and forget about their natural enemies,. but i could never trust a gray turtle as big as a cart with a black neck ayard long with yellow bags to its jaws. And i'd as lieve

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