_Poet._ How now, Hermit, is it too soon? I have got just thirteen whol… — Walden

Walden — Henry David Thoreau

_Poet._ How now, Hermit, is it too soon? I have got just thirteen whole ones, beside several which are imperfect or undersized; but they will do for the smaller fry; they do not cover up the hook so much. Those village worms are quite too large; a shiner may make a meal off one without finding the skewer.

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