:03:01
Now, l was in a situation.
:03:04
l could gut that fish
and get my wedding ring back...
:03:08
...but in doing so l'd be killing the
smartest catfish in the Ashton River.
:03:13
Did l want to deprive
my son the chance...
:03:15
...to catch a fish like this
of his own?
:03:19
This ladyfish and l....
:03:21
-Well, we had the same destiny.
-''We were part of the same equation.''
:03:26
Now, you may well ask...
:03:29
Oh, darling, darling,
it's still your night.
:03:32
...why did it strike so quick on gold
when nothing else would attract it?
:03:38
That was the lesson
l learned that day...
:03:41
...the day my son was born.
:03:44
Sometimes the only way to catch
an uncatchable woman...
:03:50
...is to offer her a wedding ring.
:04:02
What, a father's not allowed
to talk about his son?
:04:05
l'm a footnote in that story, Dad...
:04:07
...the context for your great adventure,
which never happened, incidentally.
:04:12
You were selling novelty products
in Wichita when l was born.
:04:16
Come on, Will.
Everyone loves that story!
:04:18
They don't. l don't love that story. Not
anymore. Not after a thousand times!
:04:23
l know every punch line, Dad.
l can tell them as well as you can!
:04:27
For one night,
one night in your entire life...
:04:30
...the universe did not revolve
around Edward Bloom.
:04:33
-How can you not understand that?
-l'm sorry to embarrass you.
:04:37
You're embarrassing yourself, Dad.
You just don't see it.
:04:43
After that night, I didn't speak
to my father again for three years.
:04:52
William Bloom, United Press
lnternational. lf l could just--