106 Children of Yayoute

 <Last night I had to eat my plantain dry, with no meat.
Your commure was angry with me, because I didn't bring
any pisquettes home,' Bouqui said.
 cWhat did you tell her?, asked Malice.
 cOh, leave it to me. I said to her: "Woman, we are
going to be rich selling pisquettes; so rich that we will be
able to have salted codfish for dinner every night. Just give
me a chance," I told her.,
 Now Bouqui threw the net into the water. Each time
 he pulled in a netful he said to himself, -If Malice beggs me,
 saying, "nonc Bouqui I'll kiss your foot if you give me one
 pisquette," I'll say, no. And I won't give him one even if
 he prays to me as if I were Sainte Anne.-
 When they thought they had caught enough Bouqui
 rowed toward the shore. -This bois-fouilld of pisquettes is
 mine, Malice.,
 4I know it's yours. I'm glad, for tomorrow will be my
 day. I expect there will be more fish for me to catch, more
 than yesterday and today put together.,
 <Oh-oh. Just one minute, Malice. How do you know all
that?,
 eThat's very well known by all good fishermen of Haiti,
 that when it rains at night during the pisquette season,
 every raindrop which falls into the ocean turns into pis-
 quettes; and you heard how it rained last night..
 cYou seem to take me for a fool, Malice. That's why
 you're so anxious to have tomorrow's catch. But, I'm not
 going to have it today,, Bouqui said.
 aBut, today's catch is your catch, nonc..