"Shall I fish here?" asked Bunny.
"Yes, you ought to get a few here."
Bunny cast in, and it was not long before he had a bite. But when he pulled up there was no fish on his hook.
"You must yank up quicker," said Tom. "They are only nibbling to fool you. Pull up quickly."
"Look out!" suddenly called Bunny. He yanked his pole up so suddenly that he pulled the fish out of the water, right over the heads of himself, his sister and Tom, and with a splash the fish came down in the water on the other side of the boat. There it wiggled off the hook.
"You pulled too hard this time," said Tom with a laugh.
"I'll do it just right next time," said Bunny. And he did. When he felt something pulling on his line he, too, pulled and this time he caught a sun fish, large enough to cook. It had very pretty colors on it.
"It's too pretty to catch," said Sue. "But, oh! Look at the pretty pond lilies!" and she pointed to some farther up the creek. "Can we get some, Tom?"
"Wait until I catch one more fish," begged Bunny.
Bunny soon caught another fish, which had stripes around it "like a raccoon," Sue said.