Catching Spricks By The Mill

Catching Spricks By The Mill

‘By Paul McCann

Catching spricks in the Milley Dam

was like going on a safari adventure

you bring buckets and glass jars

and  you would never know what you might find while you’re there .

We found speckled frogs and we saw two white swans in a nest .

there were beetles and bugs ,

buzzing bees and flying midgets

and all kings of squishy slugs .  

 With wild dogs barking at your heels

and wiggly worms as big eels around the dam

looking at what you were doing.

There were flippy flop fish who lived inside a clam

and the bog creatures swimming around

unseen in the unknown depths of the Milley;

Everyone  who went catching spricks

had to be brave and a little bit silly .

At the end of the hunt we would return home

with a sprick of two in a glass jar .

The village kids made up their own fun

and we all had the best adventures by far

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