Bass Lake

Matt Sims

High Noon BooksNovato, California

Cover Illustration: Ralph VoltzInterior Illustrations: Kevin at KJA-Artists

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Contents

The Hike . . . . . . . . . . 1

The Bass . . . . . . . . . . 5

A Big Day . . . . . . . . . 9

Fire! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Deer Cove . . . . . . . . . 17

The Boat . . . . . . . . . . 22

1

The Hike

Gail and Sue like to

hike. Every year they

go to Bass Lake for a

week. They fill their

packs with all they will

need. Then they hike in

to the lake.

Bass Lake is a five

2

mile hike. It takes all

day to get there. But

Gail and Sue like the

hike. They like to see

the big pines and the

wide oaks.

When they go to

Bass Lake, they like to

go see Mr. Weeks. Mr.

Weeks has a log home

on the lake. His home

is at Deer Cove.

3

Bass Lake is a five mile hike.

4

Mr. Weeks is a nice

man. And Gail and Sue

like to hike to the cove

to see him.

When they get to

the lake, they are hot,

and their feet are sore.

So they like to wade in

the lake. It takes the

pain out of their sore

feet.

5

The Bass

When they got to the

lake, Gail got her pole

and the bait. “We can

get some bass and make

a meal,” said Gail. Sue

saw Gail toss her line in

the lake.

“I got a bite!” said

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Gail. “I can feel it pull.

It is a big one!”

Sue ran to get the

net. When she got back

to the lake, she saw the

bass. “That is one fine

bass,” said Sue.

“That bass will make

one fine meal,” said

Gail. “Quick, get it

in the net.”

“If we go out in the

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“That is one fine bass,” said Sue.

8

lake in a boat, we will

get some big bass,” said

Sue.

“We will have to hike

to Deer Cove to see

Mr. Weeks,” said Gail.

“He will let us use his

boat.”

9

A Big Day

Gail and Sue made a

fire. They ate the bass.

And they had some rice

and beans.

Gail and Sue like to

sit by the heat of the

fire. But it had been a

big day.

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Gail and Sue like to sit by the heat of the fire.

11

“Time for bed,” said

Sue.

“I can use some

sleep,” said Gail. “We

can sleep till the sun is

up. Then we can go for

a hike. We can take the

road by the lake to Deer

Cove. And we can see

Mr. Weeks.”

“We can take the

poles with us,” said Sue.

12

“And we can go out in

the boat. I bet there are

some fine bass in Deer

Cove.”

Gail and Sue put out

the fire. Then they got

in their bags and went

to sleep.

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