250 Fish Stories 



and hazes were prizes of science. But zakko (the dace) 

 and hae (the minnow) were made for the cormorant. The 

 boy picks out the chubs and minnows and throws them to 

 one bird and then another. Each catches his share on the 

 fly, swallows it at one gulp, for the ring is off his neck by 

 this time, and then says y-eugh, which means that he likes 

 the fun, and when we are ready will be glad to try again. 

 And no doubt they have tried it many times since, for there 

 are plenty of fishes in the Jewel River, zakko and hae as 

 well as ayu. 



