Here's a short story:

CHAPTER V. 

THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. 

Marco took dinner that day at the tavern alone, and, after dinner, he carried a cup of tea to Forester,--but Forester was asleep, and so he did not disturb him. 

In the afternoon he went out to play. He amused himself, for half an hour, in rambling about the tavern yards and in the stables. There was a ferocious-looking bull in one of the yards, chained to a post, by means of a ring through his nose. Marco looked at the bull a few minutes with great interest, and then began to look about for a long stick, or a pole, to poke him a little, through the fence, to see if he could not make him roar, when, instead of a pole, his eye fell upon a boy, who was at work, digging in a corner of a field near, behind the barn. 

The boy's name was Jeremiah. He was digging for worms for bait. He was going a fishing. Marco determined to go with him. 

Jeremiah furnished Marco with a hook and a piece of sheet lead to make a sinker of, and Marco had some twine in his pocket already; so that he was soon fitted with a line. But he had no pole. Jeremiah said that he could cut one, on his way down to the river, as they would pass through a piece of woods which had plenty of tall and slender young trees in it. 

He succeeded in getting a pole in this manner, which answered very well; and then he and Jeremiah went down to the river. They stood upon a log on the shore, and caught several small fishes, but they got none of much value, for nearly half an hour. At last, Jeremiah, who was standing at a little distance from Marco, suddenly exclaimed:  (End of story)

Provide your best guess for the following question. Give ONLY the guess, no other words or explanation.

For example:

Guess: <most likely guess, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the guess!>

Here are a few examples of questions and answers:

Question: What was the boy's name?
Guess: Jeremiah.

Question: What was he digging for?
Guess: worms

Question: What did he need them for?
Guess: fishing

Question: Who was going to go with him?
Guess: . Marco

Question: What did Marco have in  his pocket?
Guess: twim

Question: Where did he get a hook?
Guess: Jeremiah

Question: What did he make out of a piece of sheet lead?
Guess: a sinker

Question: What did he use to make a rod out of?
Guess: a tree

Question: Where did they go to fish?
Guess: the river

Question: What did they use as a platform to fish from?
Guess: a log

Question: Did they catch any fish?
Guess: yes

Question: How many?
Guess: several

Now answer the following question in the same format.

Question: What size?

small