The First Story

My First Story Ever

Do you remember your first story ever? I don't but I do remember that I was writing stories at a very young age about every thing and anything. But they are lost to the past and uncertain memory. Not so for grandson Josef (five years) who wrote his first story ever after we had a day out fishing recently. Not only that but he won an award from his teacher Mrs Ferris for the first story he had ever written, well done Josef. It is nice to remember that story telling is innate, all of us have a story, many stories and we need to tell them or write them down. Josef has started his journey of story telling and we are all the richer-ENJOY.

If you cannot read it I have a typed version here.

My grandpa and my cousin and me went to fishing and I caught a fish and it was the only fish!

Note: The fish caught was a red fin (European Perch)

After Josef went home he showed his mum and sister Marlee the fish and then he had it for tea.

Josef and Marlee

Josef's Award

Arguably the best eating fresh water fish in Australia

Red Fin (Wikapedia)

Perca fluviatilis, commonly known as the European perch, is a predatory species of perch found in Europe and Asia. In some areas it is known as the redfin perch or English perch, and it is often known simply as perch. The species is a popular quarry for anglers and has been widely introduced beyond its native area, into Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. They have caused substantial damage to native fish populations in Australia.
European perch are greenish with red pelvic, anal and caudal fins. They have five to nine dark vertical bars on their sides.
European perch can vary greatly in size between bodies of water. Perch can live for up to 22 years, and older perch are often much larger than average; the maximum recorded length is 60 cm (24 in). The British record is 2.8 kg (6 lb 2 oz), but they grow larger in mainland Europe than in Britain. As at Aug 2012 the official all tackle world record, as recognised by the International Game Fish Association or IGFA stands at 2.9 kg (6 lb 6 oz) for a Finnish fish ^[1]Due to the low salinity levels of the Baltic, especially around the Finnish archipelago and Bothnian Sea, many freshwater fish live and thrive there. The Perch especially are in abundance and grow to a considerable size due to the diet of Baltic Herring.
The perch spawns (in the Northern Hemisphere) at the end of April or beginning of May, depositing the eggs upon water plants, or the branches of trees or shrubs that have become immersed in the water; it does not come into condition again until July. The eggs have been known to stick to the legs of wading birds and then transferred to other waters that the birds visit