At last the fishing net lay in the bottom of the boat. Lek stepped forward and opened the net. He picked up the blue and white thing. It was a plate. Lek started to laugh.
"– We've caught a plate - an old plate! Shall I throw it back into the sea? - he asked Daeng.
– No, no, wait a minute! - said Daeng. – Give it to me.
He looked at the plate carefully.
– I saw a picture of a plate like this in the newspaper - he said.
– The plate was very old. It was worth a lot of money."
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