Lunch

Rock stopped by Russellville High School in Russellville, Arkansas, to have lunch with his twin first cousins, Bill and Crutch Aikman. They were joined by Keith Ledbetter, a boy their age who grew up two houses west of theirs. Rock's cousins and Keith were still in high school, whereas he was a 59-year-old sportswriter in town from Levy to watch a high school football game for the paper.
Bill, Crutch, and Rock ate the standard school-lunch fare—meat of some fried sort, green beans, and corn, but Keith had a feast in front of him. It looked like a meal from the Faded Rose, with trout almondine, featuring a whole trout,  a soaked salad, and steamed vegetables with a cheese sauce.
Rock had never seen anything like it on a school lunch table. "Keith, do you always eat a lunch like this?" he said.