Page 63 - August Sun Rays_Text_01-57_proof_FinalTrim
P. 63
Charlie’s
Big Catch
As a new resident near the ninth tee of White FDWÀVKKROGLQJLWRQWKHJUDVVDQGHYHQGXQNLQJLW
Wing with a view of the pond, I wondered if back in the pond to make it as slippery as possible.
LWVXSSRUWHGÀVK His prize had become a problem for him.
About two weeks ago, I found out. We often watch :HZHUHQ·WVXUHLIWKHÀVKRUWKHIRZOZRXOGWLUHÀUVW
&KDUOLHRXUPDJQLÀFHQWEOXHKHURQDVKHVWDONVWKH 7KHPRUH&KDUOLHWULHGWRGRZQWKHÀVKWKHPRUH
bank, scanning the pond from his perch on the rocks. interested we became. He repeated all the ways he
Many times, he lunges at some unseen presence in NQHZDQGÀQDOO\IRXQGE\NHHSLQJKLVEHDNXQGHU
the water, but we had never seen a catch until one ZDWHUKHFRXOGGULQNGRZQWKHÀVK$QGKHGLG
Sunday evening.
7KDWZDVLWIRUWKHÀVKEXWQRWIRU&KDUOLH:HGRQ·W
I’ll bet he thought he’d caught the lunker that had know if it was the size of the meal or the workout he
been eluding him for months. He walked the banks got preparing it, but Charlie, uncharacteristically,
RIWKHSRQGQRWWRVKRZRIIEXWWRÀQGVRPHVHFXUH stood on the bank for another half hour, looking like
footing so he could orient his catch with his mouth he’d had enough and then some.
and throat. Charlie seemed to have some trouble
VZDOORZLQJWKHELJÀVK+HVSHQWWLPHÁLSSLQJWKH Submitted by Rob Neff, 400 Dove Hollow Trail
ONLINE: SCTEXAS.ORG AUGUST 2017 SUNRAYS | 61
