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Yusuf’s father and uncle and cousins heave and
pull. A little shark has been caught. It twists and
thrashes in the waves. Yusuf’s father untangles
the nets, singing to the shark: “Drop and swish.
Find a fish. Pull and plop. Don’t you stop.”
When the shark at last is free it streaks back
into the waves, leaving only one fat yellowtail
in the net. Ouma Safiya will be pleased.
