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oumartin
5/6/2006, 05:20 AM
I was watching creation scapes this morning on television and for some reason I remembered a book I got as a child from weekly reader. this would be some 25 years ago now and I'm having trouble with the name of the book and wonder if any of you know the book I'm talking about.

the book was about a man going out to see and talking to a fish in the sea. I was thinking that was the name of the book. the book came with a 45 record that played the book as well. It was no classic but for some reason I found myself wanting to find this book. it was only about 20 pages but it was the 45 record and the guys voice that is stuck in my head. Any help would be appreciated.
David Earl
5/6/2006, 05:39 AM
Didn't Dickons have a book about that? Something like The Old Man And The Sea or some such thing.
Chuck Bao
5/6/2006, 05:58 AM
Was the man Chinese?

There is a famous Asian parable about a man and a golden fish.
Flagstaffsooner
5/6/2006, 06:22 AM
Didn't Dickons have a book about that? Something like The Old Man And The Sea or some such thing.That was Hemmingway.
Okla-homey
5/6/2006, 06:32 AM
I don't remember that book bro, but that Five Chinese Brothers book was off da hook. Remember, one of 'em had an iron neck the executioner couldn't chop thru. One of 'em could swallow the the whole river. One couldn't be burnt. It was crazeeee.:D
David Earl
5/6/2006, 06:32 AM
Right Flagstaff. Hemmingway. The story line was about the man's struggle trying to catch the fish or something.
Flagstaffsooner
5/6/2006, 06:35 AM
Martin, look through this stuff here. http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=used+weekly+reader+books&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&sa=X&oi=froogle&ct=title

I found an old childhood favorite
http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/images/Records%20Page/littletoot.JPG

I "toot" big now.:O
David Earl
5/6/2006, 06:44 AM
That little sissy tugboat right there.... I'd like to FRY his sissy little face with a torch! :mad:
Chuck Bao
5/6/2006, 06:48 AM
Well you have to give us more to go on.

When you said the man talked to the fish, I kinda assumed the fish talked back.

Or was it an old man and he was crazy? That's not the type of story I would normally think was read to children.
David Earl
5/6/2006, 06:50 AM
I want to see a story about somebody who took a torch to that little boat and sent it to the bottom of the sea!
Flagstaffsooner
5/6/2006, 06:54 AM
Take a pill, DE. It's a childrens story.:)
David Earl
5/6/2006, 06:56 AM
Take a torch to the boat, DE. It deserves to burn.

Fixed.
Flagstaffsooner
5/6/2006, 07:02 AM
I know what I am sending you for Christmas.:D
Chuck Bao
5/6/2006, 07:05 AM
I know what doesn't float David Earl's boat.
David Earl
5/6/2006, 07:09 AM
:D

Seriously, I can remember as a little boy seeing some sort of story about a tug boat or a train engine or some such thing. It had a face similar to the one pictured above. I kept thinking to myself as the story unfolded, "that thing needs to toughen up a little bit." I guess I thought the boat/train/whatever was a sissy or something.
slickdawg
5/6/2006, 07:27 AM
We are here to pistol whip, shoe whip, imprison and torture. We are Phil, Beano, Norm, Dean, and David Earl a.k.a. Deacon. GADOCADWI


What? Nothing about the pooper? Well then, there's nothing here for stanley! ;)
Flagstaffsooner
5/6/2006, 07:31 AM
DE has been taking Beano's mean pills and smoking Deans a-hole weed.;) :D
slickdawg
5/6/2006, 07:34 AM
DE has been taking Beano's mean pills and smoking Deans a-hole weed.;) :D


does this mean he throws both shoes at once?
Flagstaffsooner
5/6/2006, 07:50 AM
I will soon find out.
David Earl
5/6/2006, 08:00 AM
I will ban you, then unban you, just so I can ban you again.
slickdawg
5/6/2006, 08:01 AM
I think that means he's tossing one shoe immediately, and cocking the other
one, ready to fire.
Flagstaffsooner
5/6/2006, 08:31 AM
I will ban you, then unban you, just so I can ban you again.Bye everyone.
LoyalFan
5/6/2006, 09:31 AM
Didn't Dickons have a book about that? Something like The Old Man And The Sea or some such thing.

DICKENS!!!!!!! Jeebus! LOL!
LoyalFan
5/6/2006, 09:32 AM
That was Hemmingway.

HEMINGWAY!!!! Double Jeebus! (See: JeebusJeebus)
GottaHavePride
5/6/2006, 09:34 AM
And there I figured DE was doing that on purpose to be funny. I'm an idoit.

;)
LoyalFan
5/6/2006, 09:36 AM
Right Flagstaff. Hemmingway. The story line was about the man's struggle trying to catch the fish or something.

The "struggle" was less re catchin' the marlin, but trying to get it back to shore. Sadly, El Tiburon done et all but the head and backbone before he (played by Spencer Tracy, RIP) could get there. Hemingway wrote good and insightful stuff.
http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=ernest+hemingway&page=1&offset=0&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3Da d8d00fca5303a5d%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery% 3Dernest%2Bhemingway%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A% 252F%252Fwww.ernest.hemingway.com%252F%26invocatio nType%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSBoom%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ernest.hemingway.com%2 F
My Kingdom for an Evinrude!

LF
Flagstaffsooner
5/6/2006, 09:37 AM
Everybody is a bit testy this morning. Come over for tacos.
David Earl
5/6/2006, 12:43 PM
Everybody is a bit testy this morning. Come over for tacos.

Banned people don't eat tacos. :mad: ...Bread and water, baby!
oumartin
5/6/2006, 01:54 PM
thats all i remmeber, he got like 3 wishes from the fish i think, I remember something being mentioned about the sun and the moon and the stars each time he went to talk to the fish..

sorry i was sleeping until 2pm today... thanks for the info
Beano's Fourth Chin
5/6/2006, 02:30 PM
Pretty sure it's called 'Magic Fish'

The one where he caught the magic fish and then turned it free, but his wife kept sending him back to make bigger and bigger wishes because she was never satisfied.

It will be in the cheap paperback section of Barnes and Noble kids area.
Beano's Fourth Chin
5/6/2006, 02:32 PM
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?query=%22magic+fish%22+scholastic&MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&ebaytag1=ebayreg&srchdesc=n&maxRecordsReturned=300&maxRecordsPerPage=50&SortProperty=MetaEndSort
oumartin
5/6/2006, 03:02 PM
mad props Beano!
when i saw this picture I knew you were right.. you are the man
http://i24.ebayimg.com/03/i/05/f9/bf/65_1_b.JPG
oumartin
5/6/2006, 03:11 PM
its pretty sad but that book is a fond childhood memory for me. I didnt' have much growing up but I wore that record out. I played it a few times every night before bed.
David Earl
5/6/2006, 03:43 PM
thats all i remmeber, he got like 3 wishes from the fish i think, I remember something being mentioned about the sun and the moon and the stars each time he went to talk to the fish..

He so should have used one of those wishes to wish for more wishes. :eddie:
oumartin
5/6/2006, 03:58 PM
i would have wished for a wife that wasn't a nag if i were him.