βShe was not as portly as a trout; kinder than a pike; what fish was she?
βI shall call her the Minnow,β said David softly, digging deeply with his paddle.β
βHe had lost the Minnow to her rightful and unpleasant owner; he would have to go ashore and fight the owner for calling him a thief, and, as he was the smaller boy, he would probably be beaten.β