From somewhere down below came shouts and cries.
“What’s that?” asked Flossie.
“Them’s the people hollering ’cause I caught such a big fish,” answered Freddie. “Look, there it is!”
Something large and black appeared above the edge of the rail.
“Oh! Oh!” cried Flossie.
Mrs. Bobbsey, from where she was sitting in her chair, heard the cries and came running over to the children.
“What are you doing, Freddie?” she asked.
“Catching a fish!” he answered. “I got one and—-”
The black thing on the end of his line was pulled over the rail and flapped to the deck. Flossie and Freddie stared at it with wide-open eyes. Then Flossie said:
“Oh, what a funny fish!”