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In one of the ravines I came upon a hollow full of spring water which overflowed as a little rivulet, where sported tiny fish battling their way up the current.

在一个沟壑中，我偶然发现了一块洼地，充满了像小河般涌流的泉水，小鱼在其中嬉戏，竞相着逆流而上。

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My little brother landed a tiny fish.

我的小弟弟捞到一条鱼。

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Even an empty jetty, like the melancholy Steeplechase Pier at Coney Island in New York, draws Russian and Chinese fishermen eager to net the tiny fish that gleam in silver schools round the piles, for the little fry will catch bigger fish, and the bigger ones (mostly herring) are worth curing and eating.

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