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Hermit Crabs

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Sarah M. Wells
Jul 26, 2024
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One night while we were on vacation, my brother-in-law took Henry fishing along a small inlet. When we began, the tide was almost all the way out, but as they cast and reeled, cast and reeled, the shore began to shrink. It was as if they drew the water nearer.

I wasn’t as interested in the fishing so much as what I witnessed in the shallow waters of the …

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