And Doctor Rabbit just pointed one foot out toward the loop and the squirming fish.

Farmers held spades; fishermen, buckets filled with squirming fish; woodcutters with axes resting on thick shoulders walked here and there.

Ayla glanced up and saw Uba knee-deep in squirming fish trying to reach her from the other side of the net.

Any one who has seen a trawl hauled knows how difficult a task this would be, with the jumping, squirming fish to cope with.