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Anna liked to walk the shallow bay with a net and bucket, trying to catch silvery fish fry. Periwinkles, mussels, and starfish clung to rocks under the water. If Anna stood perfectly still, she might see a crab or feel a fry nibble her skin. 


On the beach, Fisher Kalle loaded his nets into his wooden boat. Kalle mostly caught lobster, cod, and mackerel, Anna’s favorite fish. If he got a good catch, he rode the dirt roads selling his fish from a box on his bicycle. 


Anna looked at the fry in her bucket and wondered, What kinds of fish will they one day become?

© Erika Alin 2025
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