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ne day, Omar and his father got up before daybreak and
O O went fishing. Omar liked watching the sun rise while fishing
with his father. In the mornings the sky looked fantastic
and the sunrise filled his heart with the same excitement
every time he watched it...

While his father was replacing the bait on the hooks,
Omar sat at the side of their little boat and watched the
sea. Suddenly he heard a voice from behind him:

"Good morning little friend!" it said, in
a bubbly kind of way.

"Hey, good morning to
you too, little fish," said
Omar. It looks like you
got up early too and
went swimming. I've al-

ways wondered—I've

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