“Today I’ll teach you how to fish, Lola,” Robbie said to his big, black dog. “First, put a worm on the hook.” The worm wriggled in the can. Lola snapped one up with her mouth.
“No,” said Robbie. “Don’t eat the worm. Put it on the hook.” He dangled the hook in the water. “Now we’ll wait.”
Lola watched the worm wriggling in the water. She rushed in and opened her mouth wide to snap it up.
“No!” cried Robbie. “Remember, you don’t eat the worm. The fish does.”
Just then a fish swam into Lola’s mouth. She tossed it up on the bank.
Robbie laughed. “First you ate a worm,” he said. “Then you caught a fish. I guess you already know how to fish!”
By Cathleen McKay