And then he told us the real story of the fish. It seemed that he had caught it himself, years ago, when he was a lad; not because he was a good fisherman then, but because he was lucky one day when he didn't go to school, but went fishing instead.
He said that the trout saved him from a whacking and that even his teacher had said that the trout was worth more than anything he could have learned that day at school.
The landlord was called out of the room at this point, and George and I turned to look at the fish.