<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=398586" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>It was my thirteenth year</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">It was my thirteenth year<br>and we fished with our friend <br>from Rhodesia<br>and he taught us<br>to make our own sinkers<br>from lead.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Three boys casting<br>lines into a dam<br>and watching the policeman<br>and when it stirs<br>or give a small pull<br>whipping the rod.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At times we used floats<br>and watched if the red and white<br>still drift on the water<br>and it was peaceful<br>at the dam<br>with the smooth water<br>stretching out in front of us.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Crabs crept skew<br>along the shore<br>and at times we sailed<br>a old leaking row boat<br>and use a big tin<br>to empty it.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The fishes easily took earthworms<br>honey or curry dough<br>and we caught strings <br>of bream, caper, yellow fish<br>and catfish.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It’s a great thing<br>to fry fish on the coals<br>and there’s something in the smell<br>that makes you hungry<br>and we watched the stars<br>that hanging bright and big in the sky<br>while we kept on catching <br>deep into the night.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=398586" data-title="It was my thirteenth year de Gert Strydom" data-description="It was my thirteenth year and we fished with our friend from Rhodesia and he taught us to make our own sinkers from lead. Three boys casting lines into a dam and watching the policeman and when it stirs or give a small pull whipping the rod. At..."></div> </div> </div>

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