maybe,' he thought, 'i don't have to be a full fish. I can be part of a fish.'
"Maybe I can be part fish for a hour or so, to see if i like it." he said to himself.
He then took off his boots and socks, rolled up the legs of his pants and put his bare feet into the shallow patch of water near his dock near the beach near his house.
he lowered himself in. the water came up above his knees. he walked up the shallow patch and back to his boat.
He looked at his feet. No change yet.
then he walked up and back down again. No change yet.
and he kept on walking back & forth over 15 times more.
but by the 16th time, he decided to relax. he took off his shirt & hat, and lay back in the sea for a few seconds.
afterwards, he heaved himself back onto his boat, dried his torso with a towel he brought onto his boat, and stared down at his feet, waiting for the changes...