Honeys’ Sun’nie
We had an above average day. A mother father daughter trio hit the tri-fecta on some fine looking sunfish. Twenty per is the limit and they kept forty two which is well shy, but plenty. Dad not only paid me, but tossed in a nice tip. Smiles all around.
Now at my house it was time to finish the deal, so I said I would hop to it and clean their catch. Mom and dad took a chair on my deck. The little darlin wanted to watch. I sat her on a kitchen stool next to my sink and started filleting. Reminded me of my little one years ago.
“What's that she askedâ€? “I said that's a fish scale honeyâ€. “Can I have oneâ€? “Ah, you better ask your mom or dadâ€. Off she went. Then she pops back up on the chair, “Mom said I could have all I wantâ€. I gave her a clear plastic sandwich bag.
I must have handed her ten scales when she says “you can have these backâ€. “Mr. I just want the orange and yellow onesâ€. I tried to explain that the color was in -All- the scales and the fish skin but there was not enough color in one or two scales to really show off how brilliant they can be. “Give me -all- the scales Mr. and I don't need to ask my mom or dadâ€.
Now my daughter on occasion I could run a line past, this kid wasn't going for any false casts on my part. She saw color and she wanted the color. I asked her to go get her folks. In walks mom and pop and I tried to explain what the little kid wanted and they tried to take over.
The line I liked the best from mom was “honey, the color of the fish has to stay with the fish; we just get to keep the meatâ€. She wasn't buying that either, “How come his fish on the wall still has the colorâ€?
I shoulda kept my mouth shut right then and there but I knelt down and told her “when my little girl was young she caught that fish, it was one of her first, and the day was so special I had it mountedâ€. Looking up at mom and dad she asks “are my fish specialâ€?
Dad looks at me like thanks a lot buddy, and it didn't look good. Mom looked at husband, that didn't look much better. Then dad said†honey, you pick one, and will have it mounted for youâ€. Well there was one smile left in the room.
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