This is my entry for the ZapFic contest #125, on Hive:
The prompt is 'Network'
We had thrown our nets overboard hours before but had caught nothing. I could see silvery bodies flitting to and fro inches under water. And yet.... no fish appeared in my net. Finally, I exclaimed in frustration, "This net doesn't work!"
That's my entry, but my mind kept working, so I decided to have some fun with this:
Network again: (I've been watching a Netflix show about Serbia in the 1930's--I think the language is rubbing off on me :))
Story #2 (not an entry)
“What are you talking about, you clod? Was there ever such a son? The net works. It is my son who cannot cast a net properly. That infernal singing drives the fish from our net.”
The father boxed his son's ears and the boy fell silent.
Rule for, and description of the ZapFic contest, run by @felt.buzz, may be found here.