Then Carlos had a better idea. To avoid the fish leaping back into the sea, he decided to dig a hole


    further ind, and put rocks around the perimeter. Then the fish wouldn’t able to “escape.” He dug the


    hole quickly. While he was cing rocks, Debbie saw something odd-Looking.


    “Ugh! This one’s scary. Get rid of it, old man,” she said, pointing at the offending fish.


    Carlos looked at the fish. It was really a hideous-looking little creature. Grey, Lumpy, spines around the


    mouth, huge, ck eyes, and just unappetizing in general.


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    “Throw it back into the water,” he said.


    Debbie didn’t even think that it would look good cooked. She danced around it, loath to touch it at all.


    “You throw it. Hurry before it dies,” Debbie said.


    Carlos dropped the rock in his hand and came over. He looked at the fish with disgust obvious on his


    face. Finally, he picked the fish up by its tail fin and threw it back into the water.


    The two decided to waste no time building a fire to cook up their catch.


    They didn’t have a knife to gut the fish, though. While Debbie voiced her concerns, Carlos found a thin


    rock and a broken shell of a red scallop. He scraped the scales with the shell, holding it nearly t


    against the fish, in long, hard swipes. Starting at the tail he scraped his way towards the head. Then he


    flipped it over and did the same to the other side. He paused for a minute to rest. This wasn’t the


    easiest work, and the hot sun didn’t make it any easier. Finally, he slit the vent, slicing all the way up to


    the neck, careful not to slice too deeply. If he hit the intestines, he’d be left with a terrible mess.


    And he grabbed another fish and went through the same process. One for him, one for Debbie.


    After Carlos removed the entrails and kidneys, Debbie took the gutted fish to the water and washed


    them. It was salt water, true, but it was the best she could do right now. Carlos took them back and put


    them back on the t part of another log. He removed the heads. Then he turned the fish’s spine


    towards him and cut above the backbone to fillet it. He worked the shell slowly, carefully through the


    Length of his catch. Then he peeled where he cut through to slice off a fillet.


    When he was done, he had a pile of fillets ready to cook.


    Then, Carlos prated the fish fillets with a stick and put them over the fire.


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    This was the best they could do under such simple circumstances.


    No spice, no fresh water, no cooking equipment. Finally, after what seemed like forever, their bellies


    were growling, but the flesh of the fish had finally ked, turning opaque. They were done and able to


    eat atst.


    Carlos took a bite. Positive that it was cooked, he handed it to


    Debbie.


    “Have some.”


    “Okay. What if no onees to find us?” she asked worriedly and took a bite of the roast fish. Yuck! It


    was nd, and quite fishy, too.


    Carlos looked at her, she was still in her bikini, as fetching as ever.


    The look in his eyes dimmed.


    “Then we’ll have to make our home here.”


    “Ah! Then I’LL never see Piggy again!” Her voice was choked.


    “Don’t you want to be with me forever?” he asked.


    “Of course I do,“ she nodded.