"Know anythin' about smithin'?"
"Not a thing."
"Then why do 'ee come 'ere?"
"To learn."
"More fool you!" said the smith.
"Why?"
"Because smithin' is 'ard work, and dirty work, and hot work, and work as is badly paid nowadays."
"Then why are you a smith?"
"My feyther was a smith afore me."
"And is that your only reason?"