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2 | ->''"There might be no fish...\ |
3 | ...But, again, well, there might!\ |
4 | 'Cause you never can tell\ |
5 | What goes on down below!\ |
6 | This pool might be bigger\ |
7 | Than you or I know!"'' |
8 | -->-- '''Marco''' |
9 | |
10 | ''[=McElligot=]'s Pool'' is a 1947 picture book by Creator/DrSeuss. |
11 | |
12 | A farmer laughs at Marco's attempt to catch fish in small, messy [=McElligot=]'s Pool, but the boy's imagination and hopefulness refuse to be squelched. |
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14 | !!This book contains examples of the following tropes: |
15 | * BizarreAlienLocomotion: Some of the fish Marco imagines have bizarre ways of getting from place to place. There are fish with built-in sails or propellers. One fish can ski down underwater slopes. There are even Tibetan fish who jump off steep waterfalls and parachute down to the river below. |
16 | * BookEnds: The book begins and ends with the farmer and Marco sitting by [=McElligot=]'s pool, but the farmer's attitude changes from smug to wondering from the opening to the closing. |
17 | * FishingForSole: The farmer tells Marco he won't catch any fish in the pool, but he might catch people's garbage, given how many people throw things in there. |
18 | * AHeadAtEachEnd: Marco imagines a long eel with a head at each end. |
19 | * ImagineSpot: Almost the whole book is Marco daydreaming about the wondrous fish he could catch. |
20 | * OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Many of the fish are basically mermaids, but with the upper bodies of non-human animals. |
21 | * {{Pun}}: A couple of the fish are punnily named. |
22 | ** The boy dreams about a dogfish (a fish with the head of a dog) chasing a school of catfish (a school of fish with the head of cats) to [=McElligot=]'s Pool. |
23 | ** He also suggests he might land a sea horse (a fish with the head of a horse). |
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