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A blunt, lumpy head with big, staring eyes broke the surface; two long streamers hung from beneath the lower jaw. Jim reached for his gaff. "Hake! And a good one, too!" Striking the sharp iron hook through the fish's gills, he lifted the slimy gray body over the gunwale, unhooked it, and slung it, floundering, over the kid-board into the empty space amidships. "Fifteen-pounder!
"You'll find fishing is no bed of roses," he remarked as he dropped down into the standing-room. "I believe you," answered Percy, with conviction. He started to get aboard the dory. "Not there!" warned Jim. "Forward of the kid-board!" The caution came too late.
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