The following text is from Rodolfo Anaya’s 1972 novel Bless Me, Ultima. The young narrator and his friend Cico are staring into the water of a stream in rural New Mexico.
The golden fish swam by gracefully but cautiously, as if testing the water after a long sleep in his subterranean waters. His powerful tail moved in slow strokes as he slid through the water towards us.
The golden fish swam by gracefully but cautiously, as if testing the water after a long sleep in his subterranean waters. His powerful tail moved in slow strokes as he slid through the water towards us.