Life Lesson: Faced with difficult choices requiring immediate action, remain calm, analyze the alternatives. Reacting in panic only makes bad situations worse
In an instant, thrill changed to horror. After watching Jaybird’s cane pole bending almost double and the line sawing through the water, I saw the shape of a huge fish emerging from the murky depths. Then, the monster crappie exploded on the surface, and the old black man reached to grab him. Suddenly, the fish threw the hook, and it flew straight into his outstretched hand.
