A little help here? Do you agree with the statement, “You can’t help nobody ‘til you help yourself”? Why?

I disagree with that statement because if you have a bottle and no food and you think the bottle has no use you are wrong because someone else out there needs the bottle to catch water or for other uses

can you list the entire question and narrative on the strangers moving to a town? or screenshot your question and i can better form a paragraph suited to match the question.

the word that best matches the meaning of the expression "went to the big ocean" is died.

the goldfish died, which is why the father looks at the children mournfully. the "big ocean" is the father's way of saying fish heaven. he could have just said that the goldfish died, but this way, the children imagine the fish in a bigger, better place instead of just picturing a dead fish.

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