Pete Hendley

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Careful What You Fish For

The moonlight and first hint of dawn caught the surface of the lake just right for me to see below its surface. I was shocked. Then alarmed. I thought of yelling out to the fisherman to warn him. But what would I say? I just stood there and couldn’t think of anything that he would believe. Then I calmed down and realized that, actually, he was better off as he was.