Cajun Fishing Story


Boudreaux been fish'n down by de bayou all day and he done run outta night
crawlers. He be bout reddy to leave when he seen a snake wif a big frog in his
mouf. He knowed dat dem big bass fish like dem frogs, so he decided to steal
dat froggie.

Dat snake, he be a cotton mouf water moccasin, so he had to be real careful
or he'd git bit. He snuk up behin' dat snake and grabbed him roun de haid. Dat
ole snake din't lak dat one bit. He squirmed and wrap hisself roun Boudreaux's
arm try'n to git hisself free. But Boudreaux, he had a real good grip on his haid, yeh.

Well, Boudreaux pried his mouf open and got de frog and puts it in his bait can. Now, Boudreaux knows dat ha cain't let go dat snake or he's gonna bite
him good, but he had a plan. He reach into de back pocket of his bibs and pulls out a pint of moonshine likker. He pour some drops into de snake's mouf.
Well, dat snake's eyeballs kinda roll back in his haid and his body go limp. Wit
dat, Boudreaux toss dat snake into de bayou. Den he goes back to fishin'.

A while later Boudreaux dun feel sumpin' tappin' on his barefoot toe. He look
down and dare wuz dat water moccasin wif two more frogs.