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Catching a Fish for Mama

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: 3, 4, 5
Page count: 5
Categories: Humor, Jewish

Author

Nathan
Zimelman

Appeared in

Cricket Magazine Vol 24, Num 8, April 1997

Story Summary

After failing to catch a fish on their first fishing outing, a father tells his son they had better run by Moishe's fish market and buy a fish so mama won't be disappointed. The son thinks that a little dishonest but the father swears J. P. Morgan had done the very same thing.