"I should say not," said the Widow Pickle; "quite the opposite, indeed, and I am very glad to have my children thus improve their education."
"There is one thing I should like to ask," said Zuzu, "and I have often wondered about it."
"And what is that?" asked the Private Secretary.
"I wonder how the fishes ever go to sleep."
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"That," replied the Private Secretary, "is something over which many wise men have also wondered. I have often heard the Banjo on our sea journeys express the same curiosity. Perhaps it will tell us about that."
At his suggestion the Banjo sang a little song.