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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.
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