values ...
Plus, the usual tzores .. . " "Sorry?" "You know: the dough."
"What is man anyway? I tell you: he is a gnat!"
"But back there, in Russia, Monsieur, do you also have rubber, as
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''Voldemar! I said stop it! You bit my lip, you rat.
Don't forget, Voldemar, that I am ... " "I am sorry, cousin ."
"Listen, buddy." "Well, what?" "What is that thing far-off?"
"Where?" "On the right." "I see nothing." "At two o'clock, out there."
"Oh, that ... maybe a whale. Got any smokes?" "Nope. Zero .
but-it's rising! It's rising so fast! And it is, by Jove . . . "
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The sea is more various than the terra
firma. It's harder for you to grapple
with, not to mention stare at.
A fish is more intricate than an apple.
The land means four solid walls, a ceiling.
We are scared of wolves or of bears. Although some are ready
to detect in the latter a human feeling
and address him as 'Teddy.'
The sea has no room for these sorts of worries .
A whale, in its primordial splendor,
won't respond to a name like 'Boris';
'Dick' is a better tender.
The sea is filled with surprises; some are unpleasant.
Many a maritime upheaval
can't be ascribed to the evil crescent
of the Moon, or the human eye's lesser evil.
Sea-dwellers' blood is colder than ours. Their goggle
mesmerizes even fishmongers. The late Charles Darwin
would have quit legislating his gentle jungle
had he tried some limited scuba-diving.
