彼伯先生与(
美人鱼

　　As told to a p[%sych),^^iatrist: Mr;. Peabo\.dy, middle-ag
*e=@ `d Bo^`-stonian on vacat @ion w%\ith his wi@#fe \%in the Caribbean,
 *. hears mys_;ter 
?ious,  wo.*!rdle)ss singing on an uninhabit_(ed rock i [n[@ the bay. Fi* shi( -*ng in\ the +vicinity, he c`:atches.!`. ..a mer*^mai) d. He tak.es her home ]and#+), tho//*!ugh she`*
( has:[( no!,/
s+ :poken *languag[@*?e, *fall\_%s in :\love with her. Of c@,ourse, h *.`.is wi^fe !won&) #3/ ,]9t believ)e th:at thin g in t,he) bathtub  .is /anything but a larg:+
(=e,=\ fish. Pr=/@)edictable compl`
%ications follow
in rathe[=r tame fashion.