The shark incident

The folks around here had always told me there were bull sharks in the river. I guess I wanted to go for a swim, so I chose to believe they were pulling my leg.


We went fishing on the river yesterday and Angelina (who is five years old) caught a shark!! It was as big as her. She was very proud. The family isn’t allowed to eat shark because it is a family totem (and it gives them gas, which they pragmatically take as a sign that they spiritually shouldn’t be eating it). Maybe I should adopt cabbage as my family totem.