But there was no help for it; so they swam out again very haughtily and joined their father in mid-stream.

And before they knew it they were enjoying themselves immensely.
"And now life became much more interesting to them.

For a bit it was harder to keep them out of the water than it had been to get them into it.

They had their first lessons in fishing.

And though they were too clumsy at first to catch even a slow, mud-grubbing sucker, they found the attempt most interesting.