For a few moments he saw only this bottom, a few sticks, and the protruding end of a limb.

Then a long slim shadow moved slowly under him--a fifteen-inch trout.

It was too deep for him, and Thor did not make an excited plunge.
Patiently he waited, and very soon this patience was rewarded.

A beautiful red-spotted trout floated out from under the scum, and so suddenly that Muskwa gave a yelp of terror, Thor's huge paw sent a shower of water a dozen feet into the air, and the fish landed with a thump within three feet of the cub.

Instantly Muskwa was upon it.