“Lucky you didn’t tie the line to your toe,” said Frank.
“Why?”
“Because you’d probably be walking lame now, if you had. As it is you can’t sign any checks for a while, I s’pose.”
“Oh, you and your checks!” exclaimed Ned, in no mood to have fun poked at him.
“Moral! Don’t go to sleep while you’re fishing,” said Bart.
“Well, I did better than you fellows did. You didn’t get anything,” retorted the fisherman.