Fishing

by Mat Twassel

Caroline knows the key to fishing, especially if you want to catch the really big one, is patience. Having proper equipment is also essential. Bobbers and bait, hook, line, and sinker. Caroline's bobbers and bait are first class. Her lines are ineluctably transparent. Her hook juts and jiggles, dancing most appealingly. While it may be true that some fish will snap at anything, Caroline isn't after trash fish, so she keeps her lures in tip top condition. Of course, if you don't have a good fishing hole patience and the most attractive lure in the world won't get you anywhere.

Caroline has the loveliest little fishing hole. She has the most alluring lure—it's already more than a little wet. She waits, wiggling her little lures, teasing the big one, enticing it, tempting it closer, closer…

—story and illustrations by Mat Twassel

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