The one in the middle held a mussel in its mouth, which it laid on the shore at the youth's feet, and when he had taken it up and opened it, there lay the gold ring in the shell.

中间那条鱼口中衔着一个贻贝，它把贻贝放在年轻人脚边的砂子上。他拾起贻贝，打开它，里面恰好躺着那个金戒指。

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The one in the middle held a mussel in its mouth, which it laid on the shore at the youth's feet, and when he had taken it up and opened it, there lay the gold ring in the shell.

中间那条鱼口中衔着一个贻贝，它把贻贝放在年轻人脚边的砂子上。他拾起贻贝，打开它，里面恰好躺着那个金戒指。

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