TALE OF A FISH
IN FACT TWO FISH AND A BAG Some fishermen are just ordinary fishermen while others possess apparently such an amazing amount ol' personality that not even the fish can withstand them. As an example of this we quote the following tale and can verily as to its authenticity. A humble soul was engaged in the stone age art ol' spearing llounders somewhere along the picturesque reaches of the Whakatane River. He 'floundered' aimlessly along over Ills knees in mud for some time, idly jabbing at a iish or two with a conspicuous absence of success when suddenly ? much to his a lisli y attracted no doubt by Ills forceful personality (not to be confused Avith the Jekyll and Hyde dual type) suddenly skimmed the surface of the water and Avith one terrific leap effected a perfect three point landing on the bank. Our angler rushed i'onvard, an hysterical sob or joy on his lips j and seizing the large flounder (Avhich grew larger as the tale unfolded) appropriated it. What Avas the secret? Had this lowly fisherman discovered a routine Avhich fish Avere unable to resist? Had he unearthed, the. secret by Avhich Neptune controlled the deep? No. He had not eA r en been studying an adapted copy of 'How To Win Friends and Influence People.' In fact after much study both elementary and adA'anced we came to the conclusion he had nothing to do with it.
The whole secret, inffactt t lay in the voracious rapacity of one Kingfish .
The Kingfish .seenling its dinnei apparently made a l'rantic dash after same, and the so mewl) at overcome leapt, the wrong way [or was it the right way?) That's what happened. Yesh. Tliatsh wot 'appened alright. The big fish chased the little fish and the liddle fish jumped an' the big fish chashed th' liddle fish an' th' big fish landed on th' bank an I putsh tlx' liddle fis.li in th' bag an' I seizes tl\' liddle" fish an' putsh th' liddle fish in th' big fish an' th' bag in th' liddle fish an' I looksh for th' liddle bag but it musht of shwum away an' I . . .
The story appears to have got out of hand but the flounder in question was real enough. A Beacon representative can vouch for that I
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 63, 10 April 1945, Page 7
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390TALE OF A FISH Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 63, 10 April 1945, Page 7
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