He could see them moving below the water's surface, long shadows drifting and flitting back and forth. A frown creased his forehead as he watched, trying to think of a way that he could reach one of them. He had tried fish before a few times, and thought that he was ready to try and catch them on his own. He had seen some wolves flip fish up out of the water with their paws...maybe that was the way to go. The pup went to sit down in the shallows, trying to stay as still as he could.
When a shape got close enough to him he went for it, large paws scrabbling along the bottom and then up into the air to try and get the fish out. His paws contacted with one of the aquatic animals for a moment, but before he could realize what he ought to do it had darted back into a deeper part of the river. The youngster grumbled beneath his breath, giving the water a good smack with his paw. After he stood still for a few minutes longer the shadowy shapes returned, though, and he had another go at it. He felt a large fish brush past his leg and lunged face-forward into the water, paws slipping out from underneath him.
Ahah! This time when the male came up out of the water he definitely had made a catch. He could feel a squishy form gripped tightly in his teeth...surely it was a fish! He shook his head, trying to get some of the water out of his eyes, then opened them. What he had caught was still in his mouth, but it wasn't what he had been expecting to see. Rather than the delicious fish that he had imagined in his head, he found himself staring at a large hunk of decaying...something. It tasted horrible! He spat the muck-covered creature out of his mouth and back into the river, where it belonged, and dunked his head into the river to try and rid himself of the horrible flavor.
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