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dead,” Rod told him.

The boys left their lines and gathered

around as Rod explained.

“You see, when you pull one out of the

can, it is limp and lifeless. That is because it is

too cold to move. So I warm mine to bring

them back to life.”

With that, Rod popped one into his mouth

as the boys stared wide eyed. After about a

minute, he pulled it out, wriggling and writhing,

and baited it onto his hook. He had barely

dropped his pole into the water when the pole

bent over almost double with a fish on the end.

“I don’t think I want a fish all that bad,”

Mort said, as he and the others returned to their

poles.

But some of them were willing to try

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