"Do you ever fish?" I asked. "Oh yes, I catch a mess now and then when… — Walden

Walden — Henry David Thoreau

"Do you ever fish?" I asked. "Oh yes, I catch a mess now and then when I am lying by; good perch I catch."--"What's your bait?" "I catch shiners with fishworms, and bait the perch with them." "You'd better go now, John," said his wife, with glistening and hopeful face; but John demurred.

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