title: The World of Pond Stories
author: Dr. Stewart Bitkoff
description: Dr. Stewart Bitkoff poet and spiritual traveler has written on the topic of the completed person and the original human development system. Professionally, working to help the mentally ill integrate their altered states of consciousness into the physical world. Visit his website at www.stewartbitkoff.com or visit on Facebook.
zlib_text: THE ROTIFERS
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  Title: The Rotifers
  Author: Robert Abernathy
  Release Date: April 16, 2011 [EBook #35879]
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  THE ROTIFERS
  BY Robert Abernathy
  Beneath the stagnant water shadowed by water lilies Harry found the
  fascinating world of the rotifers—but it was their world, and
  they resented intrusion.
  Illustrated by Virgil Finlay
  Henry Chatham knelt by the brink of his garden pond, a glass fish bowl cupped
  in his thin, nervous hands. Carefully he dipped the bowl into the green-scummed
  water and, moving it gently, let tr