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"Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect / Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things / We murder to dissect. / "Enough of science and of art: / Close up these barren leaves; / Come forth, and bring with you a heart / That watches and receives." / - Wordsworth
So the salmon went up, after Tom had warned them of the wicked old otter; and Tom went down, but slowly and cautiously, coasting along the shore. He was many days about it, for it was many miles down to the sea; and perhaps he would never have found his way, if the fairies had not guided him, without his seeing their fair faces, or feeling their gentle hands.