Matilda Catches Fish Shocker

In an unpopular move with she who must not be obeyed we went to the beach this afternoon under still grey skies which obscured the horizon though the air was so clear that Moreton Island and the Glass House Mountains were stark across the miles of water.

Maybe it was the weather conditions that allowed Matilda, after years now of constant practice, to actually catch one of the little fish that flit around in the shallows and hide just beneath the sand.

A lady we met said that it was a Toadfish, a worrying development for Neighbours characters, so called because they inflate themselves when distressed. We thought it was a Puffer Fish.

Who knows, we may both be right.

Anyway whichever one of us might be correct, we both suspected it might be at least mildly poisonous so it was a good thing that Matilda, never having caught a fish before (one unconfirmed previous incident aside), and totally against type, didn't seem to know quite what to do with her catch, and left it on the sand for Eloise to play with.