Fish Have No Feathers

Excuse me , says Ying politely.

Yes, says Gaius.

Please could we stop in Smithton, says Ying. Only.....

She's HUNGRY, says Terence. Want to know how I know? Her stomach is ......

You are a rude baby, says Ying.

Yes Terence, says Rosamunda. No need to mention such things.

That's nothing, says Terence. What about farting?

That's even worse, says Rosamunda. But Ying hasn't been farting.

How do you know? says Terence.

Ying has turned crimson. and developed a case of the hiccups.

Hic! says Ying. Hic! Hic! I'm so sorry.

Stop in Smithton, says Unni.

Okay, says Rosamunda.

Stew is glad. He is  hungry too. And no one has accused him of farting.

So the car pulls up in beautiful Smithton.

Ying and Stew get out and go into the Serendipity Cafe.

I'll take a short stroll, says Gaius. Have a look round Duck Bay.

He heads off towards the sound of ducks quacking.

That must be the way.

Inside the Serendipity Cafe Ying opens her wallet.

Hic! says Ying. I thought I had cash in this wallet.

You most probably did, says Stew. Until Arthur got hold of it.

Don't you say a word against Arthur, says Ying. Not unless you can prove it.

I don't have to prove it, says Stew. Anyway let me buy you something.

Thank you, says Ying. I'll have a donut, and a lightly sparking water.

Stew opens his wallet.

Ying puts her wallet away.

Rosamunda, Unni and Terence have remained in the car.

Let's get out, says Terence. I want to see Smithton.

No, says Rosamunda. We'll wait here. It'll put pressure on the others.

Boring, says Terence. Boring, boring, uh-uh-uh.... I can't breathe. It smells farty in here.

You can get out for a minute says Unni. Just don't go away.

Terence gets out. Ha ha. It hadn't smelled farty. Now he can go where he likes.

He wanders down to Duck Bay, after Gaius.

But Gaius is a long way ahead.

Gaius has reached the protected estuary, and discovered the reclaim.

The reclaim is a wonderful place for fishing if you are lazy or disabled.

You can fish from your car.

Gaius pokes his head in the window of a car from which a rod is protruding.

G'day, says the fisher, who is lazy, (not disabled).

Catching anything? asks Gaius.

Yup, says the fisher. Plenty of King George whiting running today.

Impressive! says Gaius.

Here, says the fisher. Have one.

He hands Gaius a wriggling and gasping King George whiting.

A man may be lazy, but he can still be generous.

Thank you, says Gaius.

 He heads back to the Serendipity Cafe with the King George whiting, still wriggling.

On the way he meets Terence.

Yuk! a SKINNED BIRD! says Terence.

It's a fish, says Gaius. Fish have no feathers. Look and learn.