41"Or can you pull in the sea beast, Leviathan, with a fly rod and stuff him in your creel?H4900H3882H2443H3956H2256H82572Can you lasso him with a rope, or snag him with an anchor?H7760H100H639H5344H3895H23363Will he beg you over and over for mercy, or flatter you with flowery speech?H7235H8469H1696H73904Will he apply for a job with you to run errands and serve you the rest of your life?H3772H1285H3947H5650H57695Will you play with him as if he were a pet goldfish? Will you make him the mascot of the neighborhood children?H7832H6833H7194H52916Will you put him on display in the market and have shoppers haggle over the price?H2271H3739H2673H36697Could you shoot him full of arrows like a pin cushion, or drive harpoons into his huge head?H4390H5785H7905H7218H1709H67678If you so much as lay a hand on him, you won't live to tell the story.H7760H3709H2142H4421H32549What hope would you have with such a creature? Why, one look at him would do you in!H8431H3576H2904H475810If you can't hold your own against his glowering visage, how, then, do you expect to stand up to me?H393H5782H5782H3320H644011Who could confront me and get by with it? I'm in charge of all this—I run this universe!H6923H7999H806412"But I've more to say about Leviathan, the sea beast, his enormous bulk, his beautiful shape.H2790H907H1369H1697H2433H618713Who would even dream of piercing that tough skin or putting those jaws into bit and bridle?H1540H6440H3830H935H3718H744814And who would dare knock at the door of his mouth filled with row upon row of fierce teeth?H6605H1817H6440H8127H367H543915His pride is invincible; nothing can make a dent in that pride.H4043H650H1346H5462H6862H236816Nothing can get through that proud skin— impervious to weapons and weather,H259H5066H259H7307H93517The thickest and toughest of hides, impenetrable!H1692H376H251H3920H650418"He snorts and the world lights up with fire, he blinks and the dawn breaks.H5846H216H1984H5869H6079H783719Comets pour out of his mouth, fireworks arc and branch.H6310H1980H3940H3590H784H442220Smoke erupts from his nostrils like steam from a boiling pot.H5156H3318H6227H5301H1731H10021He blows and fires blaze; flames of fire stream from his mouth.H5315H3857H1513H3851H3318H631022All muscle he is—sheer and seamless muscle. To meet him is to dance with death.H6677H3885H5797H1670H1750H644023Sinewy and lithe, there's not a soft spot in his entire body—H4651H1320H1692H3332H413124As tough inside as out, rock-hard, invulnerable.H3820H3332H68H3332H6400H848225Even angels run for cover when he surfaces, cowering before his tail-thrashing turbulence.H7613H352H1481H7667H239826Javelins bounce harmlessly off his hide, harpoons ricochet wildly.H2719H5381H6965H2595H4551H830227Iron bars are so much straw to him, bronze weapons beneath notice.H2803H1270H8401H5154H7539H608628Arrows don't even make him blink; bullets make no more impression than raindrops.H1121H7198H1272H68H7050H2015H717929A battle ax is nothing but a splinter of kindling; he treats a brandished harpoon as a joke.H8455H2803H7179H7832H7494H359130His belly is armor-plated, inexorable— unstoppable as a barge.H2303H2789H7502H2742H291631He roils deep ocean the way you'd boil water, he whips the sea like you'd whip an egg into batter.H4688H7570H5518H7760H3220H484132With a luminous trail stretching out behind him, you might think Ocean had grown a gray beard!H5410H215H310H2803H8415H787233There's nothing on this earth quite like him, not an ounce of fear in that creature!H6083H4915H6213H1097H284434He surveys all the high and mighty— king of the ocean, king of the deep!"H7200H1364H4428H1121H7830
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