Postcard: Fishing at the Lake
Don’t talk anybody, don’t come near!
Can’t you see the fish might hear?
He thinks I’m playing with a piece of string;
He thinks I’m another sort of funny thing,
But he doesn’t know I’m fishing-
He doesn’t know I’m fishing.
That’s what I’m doing –
Fishing.
Can’t you see the fish might hear?
He thinks I’m playing with a piece of string;
He thinks I’m another sort of funny thing,
But he doesn’t know I’m fishing-
He doesn’t know I’m fishing.
That’s what I’m doing –
Fishing.
A.A. Milne
Now We Are Six
The kids weren’t quiet, they couldn’t keep from jumping into the lake in between casts, and they didn’t have worms on their hooks, but even so, Connor did manage to fool one little sunfish into trying a bite of bologna, our alternate bait of choice.