One day I came home with a fish. I swore up and down to Mom that I had not been playing by the river which was strictly off limits. The truth was that I had been playing in the swampy ponds that were by the river not actually in the river itself, so I was telling the truth…right? I loved those ponds. We played there hunting for huge bullfrogs, tadpoles, and yes we even caught a fish or two with our bare hands. When we were playing there the world was a whole lifetime away.