My Struggle With a Fish

Back in the mission, as a youngster, I took a strong fishing line and a big hook, and tossed it through an opening on the deck. I caught something so powerful that it started to drag me down the deck, towards the opening. I put my feet against the stanchions, but it did no good -- the fish was too strong for me. I called out. My guardian Temeeti came running. The fish was too powerful for him, too. He pulled out a knife, and cut the fish loose. He said it probably was a swordfish. The photo shows Temeeti, fishing in the reef.