A tale entitled How the Minnow became the Minnow
There was once an enormous fish, so large that the sides of his body would barely fit between the banks of even the widest rivers. The creature was christened Colossal Carp on account of his size and the fact that he constantly carped and complained about feeling chilly. His Maker, tired of the groans and gripes, decided to mollycoddle the carp and knit him a tight-fitting onesie from Wensleydale sheep wool to keep out the cold. Pleased to be pampered, the fortunate fish now flaunted his fleece swimming to and fro displaying the onesie’s shimmering shine to his envious fishy friends. But Wensleydale wool, in spite of its sheen, is prone when wet to shrink and shrink it did compressing and crushing the carp’s large frame to a fraction of its original size. The colossal carp was colossal no more. And that is how the minnow became the minnow.
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