Trumpets sounded over the arena, announcing the commencement of the fisher's triathlon. We were to distinguish

Trumpets sounded over the arena, announcing the commencement of the fisher's triathlon. We were to distinguish ourselves in three sports... if you could call them such! You be the judge, dear reader — the first round was fish carrying, if you can believe it! They built narrow bridges over pits of mud and placed barrels on either end — one side filled with fish, and the other side empty. The goal was to get all the fish from one side to other, barehanded, without falling into the mud — I'm sure this is just what you imagined for a royal tournament! Throwing fish at your opponents was prohibited, but there was one unofficial but well-understood rule in this tournament — "don't get caught." We had to decide which of us would participate... as well as how fair we wanted to play!