BLOG #176: The Kid Who Fished

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I was on my way to the falls when I saw this kid.

He was patiently hunting for little fishes in the river.  He was probably a kid of 10 years old.  I tried having conversation with him but I guess he doesn't trust a stranger like me.  I asked him what he was holding and he replied "pana" or in English "arrow."

He was kind enough to pose for me with his arrow - a makeshift contraption made of rubber, wood and a piece of sharpened thin metal tied at the end of the wood that serves as arrow to catch fish.

If you notice it looks like a gun with a trigger held at the other end of the wood.  Once that was pressed, it released the arrow attached to the rubber.

I tried engaging a conversation with him but he surely does not like to talk.  So I left him be.  His catch at that time was placed in a plastic bag which he left on top of a rock close by.  I then took a photo of those fishes.

These are small fishes no bigger than a pinkie finger.  We locally call these fishes "bunog" or mullet/goby fish.  In the plastic bag I counted at least 10 fishes.  It was high noon when I met him in the river.  I guess that was the best time for catching those fishes.  I asked him what he would do with it but I was again met with the wonderful sounds of the water flowing in every nooks and crannies of the rocks and stones, going to where it needs to go.

Sorry, no crickets.

 



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ako-eto

Loves to travel, nature, hiking, exploring, foodie, photography.

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