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Long ago in the River Boyne, there lived a famous salmon called the Salmon of Knowledge. It was called this because if you caught it,and tasted it, you would get all the knowledge in the world.

But there are many ways you can taste something and this is what caused the problem in this story.

There was a man called Finnéigeas that was trying to catch this fish all his life.He eventually caught it. He felt very very happy when he caught it.

He had a young boy with him when he caught the fish.The boy's name was Fionn. Fionn was staying with Finnéigeas to learn all about poetry from him, because he was very wise. He sent Fionn to light a good fire.And while the salmon was cooking on the spit Finnéigeas was preparing the table.

While Fionn was watching over the salmon cooking he noticed a big blister on the side of the fish. He put out his finger to burst the blister and when he did he burnt his finger.And then he started to sucked his thumb. And because of that he got all the knowledge in the world.Finnéigeas was sad but in a way it is better because Fionn was a lot younger than Finnéigeas.

So that shows that there are many ways that you can taste some thing.And Fionn knew everything in the world - well, at least everything in the world. And they certainly lived happily ever after.