Nathan's Fishing Trip

This charming little tale held additional interest for me, a vegetarian. Any story in which the hero decides to let the fish he caught swim away while he has peanut butter and cucumber sandwiches for tea instead must be giving the right messages!

Nathan is a very pretty little elephant whose mouse friend, Nicholas Alexander, decides to teach him how to fish. He is not very good with a rod and line but with his trunk it is a different matter. But the trout is so beautiful . . . how can they bear to eat it? Well, of course, they don't and everyone (except the poor worm, I suppose) is happy with their blameless sandwiches.

Simply but intelligently written and with very attractive water colour pictures, this story has character. It might, of course, upset you if you are a true trout fisherperson (I understand one only catches trout with a fly - never a worm) but it's certainly worth trying if you are less pedantic.