Fisherman's Cave

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 6, 6 July 1940, Page 17

Fisherman's Cave

Par There were several parcels from her relations awaiting her, and a portrait qf herself from her older brother in town. After it was over she.took the | lunch her mother had cut for her and j sped down to the beach. Bunny was waiting for her, his tanned face eager as she reached him. "The water's right out "he said merrily. ''We,can.go further on, if we nurry- ' Clare nodded as they waded on to the rocks. They stretched ahead as far as possible and the two clambered over the sharp edges where glowing shells lay in tiny pools and seaweed clung in huge strands to' the rocks, They rested for a while and Clare told him about her presents. Bunny then awkwardly brought from his pocket a thin chain of gold with a tiny locket on the end. "Here you are," he said, obviously pleased as she took it slowly. ■

t I. "Oh, Bunny," she cried. "How can I take it; it's so lovely." "Mum's had it for years," he said, "She said I could give it to you because she knew you'd like it." Clare opened and closed the locket while Bunny fastened it around her neck, then they raced away over the they called them Fisherma n's Caves," panted Clare. "They're all rocks." Bunny's wide, laughing eyes grew thoughtful. "There may be some caves way.out where the water always lies," he said. "Let's see." The two children eagerly slipped and slid over the green, slimy rocks till they had to climb up a bit, and then, after an hour's hard walking, reached a largs rock with smaller ones around it. The water which always appeared around it was lower down and the two looked around at the rocks and the wide expanse of water which