mentula (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} mentula) wrote,@ 2006-07-02 10:11:00 |
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Fish Enabler
So the day, on my day off, it was very hot here in Chico California. I decided I would take the poverty route to coolness and went down to the park here (Bidwell Park) in a section called Hooker Oak (the oak is gone and I saw no hooker), where Chico Creek cuts through. There is usually a large number of children in the area but it was a week day and I got there early so I thought I could avoid most of them.
I went out into the creek and, after swimming around a bit, sat in the water near the bank and just enjoyed the coolness. As I was sitting there crossed-legged, rather buddha-like, up to my waist in water, I noticed that the minnows were finding me interesting. There was a school of about twenty of them, all facing me, about 4-8 inches in front of me. It was as though I was teaching the class.
I remained still and quiet (as I tend to do when I am in a "Natural" setting") and just letting events unfold around me, as they usually do.
After about a half hour I noticed a tickling on my right thigh/calf where they meet at the knee when one is sitting cross-legged. Something (bigger than a minnow) was using me for cover. The minnow had remained enthralled with me and hadn't moved at all.
Suddenly there was a swift movement from the creature hiding under my leg. It was a 4-5 inch trout. It grabbed a minnow and dashed back to its hiding place under my leg. The minnows scattered for a moment then returned to their place in front of me. After a couple of minutes the trout dashed out again and ate another minnow, then hid again. This happened one more time while I remained completely still. Then a group of loud children showed up and scared the minnows away.
And the trout never thanked me
So the day, on my day off, it was very hot here in Chico California. I decided I would take the poverty route to coolness and went down to the park here (Bidwell Park) in a section called Hooker Oak (the oak is gone and I saw no hooker), where Chico Creek cuts through. There is usually a large number of children in the area but it was a week day and I got there early so I thought I could avoid most of them.
I went out into the creek and, after swimming around a bit, sat in the water near the bank and just enjoyed the coolness. As I was sitting there crossed-legged, rather buddha-like, up to my waist in water, I noticed that the minnows were finding me interesting. There was a school of about twenty of them, all facing me, about 4-8 inches in front of me. It was as though I was teaching the class.
I remained still and quiet (as I tend to do when I am in a "Natural" setting") and just letting events unfold around me, as they usually do.
After about a half hour I noticed a tickling on my right thigh/calf where they meet at the knee when one is sitting cross-legged. Something (bigger than a minnow) was using me for cover. The minnow had remained enthralled with me and hadn't moved at all.
Suddenly there was a swift movement from the creature hiding under my leg. It was a 4-5 inch trout. It grabbed a minnow and dashed back to its hiding place under my leg. The minnows scattered for a moment then returned to their place in front of me. After a couple of minutes the trout dashed out again and ate another minnow, then hid again. This happened one more time while I remained completely still. Then a group of loud children showed up and scared the minnows away.
And the trout never thanked me
