Fishing with my Dad – First Place, Junior Prose
My heart was pounding as I hooked a large salmon at the base of the falls. As the salmon grabbed the bait, he pulled my fishing pole down quickly. In order to make sure he
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My heart was pounding as I hooked a large salmon at the base of the falls. As the salmon grabbed the bait, he pulled my fishing pole down quickly. In order to make sure he
I got up in the morning When everything was dark I stepped outside the door And was greeted by a bark I told Shep to be quiet I didn’t want to wake dad Because if
Come inside! It’s cold out there, the weather is no longer fair. Hurry in, it’s almost here! Winter’s coming, so I fear. Animals are making beds for many months of winter rest, Bears go hurrying
As my gluteus maximum rested lazily on a bench in a buddy stand that my dad put up before I was able to hunt, I came a conclusion. My conclusion: HUNTING TIME is just like
I was scared, and there was no one to help me. “Lizz, can you untie that knot on the dock?” asked my dad. “Yeah, sure.” The knot let go and we were off. Finally, we
The mercury dropped so fast, it bent the nail the thermometer was hanging on. It was cold! “Let’s go, we’re burning daylight!” my Dad hollered. It was a brutal cold evening in December 2006. It
“Pshhhh, pshhhh.” The water washed along the sand and wiped away the footprints we’d left behind. The sun sparkled and danced on the gently pulsing water, making it look like the lake was shining, as
I was really excited about this hunting trip because a cousin was taking my dad and I on our first dove hunt. I had done some reading on this kind of hunting the previous week.
A rustle of leaves quickly shifted my attention to the creek bed north of my stand. I struggled in vain to see beyond the thick brush. Was it just another squirrel, or was it the
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