The three of them pumped prawns for fresh bait, and Bryan was very proud that he was entrusted with the task of carrying the bucket into which the prawns were placed after being pumped out of the sandbanks near the lagoon. Catie even had her own rod rigged, and they caught fish at the lagoon’s mouth. To her surprise, she caught a fish and the two men bent over with laughter when she couldn’t take the hook out of it’s mouth herself. Once Kevin had removed it, he carefully placed the small fish back in the water, and watched as it swam away at an angle. It had obviously been injured when caught, and Catie felt extremely sad that now it was just prey for bigger fish. Nature sometimes appeared cruel.
Eventually, the last day of their vacation arrived, and Catie, upon returning from the local
