there were quite a few things that he was supposed to do that day , but the river seemed to be calling him , and it would n't be polite at all to ignore her-particularly when the fish were jumping . `` you do n't ever wear out , do you ? '' it 's much easier to give advice than follow it . clearly neither one knew what to make of this . with all the reasons a reasonable man will listen . some hours later the man and woman were still both standing around the fire in an attempt to keep warm . 