"My knowing little wife," chuckles the man's head.
"There, there, that will do."
And the heads disappear.
"Did you hear?" says a pike, "there are carp, too."
"They have the best of it."
"How is that?"
"To begin with, they have made no contracts, they are free agents. Secondly, they can leap."
"If they would only give a good leap, they would find themselves back in the river."
"And something good might come of it for us. Wait a bit—let's try! Carp!"