“When the sands are all dry, he is gay as a lark,
And will talk in contemptuous tones of the Shark:
But, when the tide rises and sharks are around,
His voice has a timid and tremulous sound.”

— Lewis Carroll

Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

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