Instead of participating in the contest, Brer Bear stuck around in the kitchen.
"Howdy, Brer Bear" said Uncle Remus.
"Howdy, Uncle Remus. Ya know, de day o' de fishin' contest is de perfec' day ter have fish f' dinna" said Brer Bear.
"Iz too bad you ain't in the contest" said Uncle Remus.
"Yeah. Iz ma turn ter make dinna f' de mount'n" said Brer Bear. "So I betta get ter work. De sammin I got ain't gon' rip its own guts out."
Meantime, Brer Fox and Chad were wading in the river without any fishing poles.
"Brer Fox, where's your fishing pole?" said Chad.
"I ain't got wun" said Brer Fox.
"That would explain why you never caught your fish" said Chad.
"Nah, I alw's fish de natchal way" said Brer Fox.
"Do not take your clothes off!" Chad snapped.
Brer Fox laughed. "I's talkin' bout hand fishin'. Fishin' wid yaw hands. It's my secr't ter ketchin a good fish dinna."
"But what if the fish is too slippery?"
"Why d'you think I still lookin' faw Big Whiskers?"
Chad laughed a little. "Well, enough time wasting while our toes get all pruny. Time to catch that fish."
"Oh we gon' ketch 'im" said Brer Fox. "He's close. I can smell 'im."
Chad sniffed the air. "Are you sure that's Big Whiskers? Because I think Princess Tiana is making jambalaya today."
Brer Fox froze and looked into the water. "I sees 'im. I spy wid ma little eye, a fish I will choke an' den watch die."
"My. You just took a fun game and turned it dark" said Chad.
"Oh, how do you do, Big Whiskers?" Brer Fox teased.
He reached into the water. "I got 'im! Big Whiskers iz fin'ly mine!"
But instead of a fish, he pulled out a stinky old boot.
"At least you caught a sole" Chad joked. "Because it's a part of a shoe and the name of a fish?"
Brer Fox didn't laugh.
Chad pulled a pink macaroon out of his pocket and offered it to the fox. "Macaroon?"
"Jes' hand me a fly" said Brer Fox.
"Good idea" said Chad.
He handed Brer Fox a fly, but instead of fishing with it, he ate it himself.
"Brer Fox, why did you just eat a fly?" said Chad.
"Ter know yaw enemy, ya gots ter be like him" Brer Fox explained. "B'faw last year's contest, I took a baff in hollandaise!"
