The Hobby

I like fishing more than anything else. It’s my favourite hobby. Whereever he went he could repeat these words. Why? Nobody could understand. One day he said the same thing to me and I wondered why he liked fishing. Here is what he told me.

Fishing is my favourite hobby. I often fish for hours and never catch anything. But this doesn’t seem to worry me. Some fishermen are unlucky. Instead of catching fish, they catch old boots, rubbish and what not. I am not so lucky. I never catch anything – not even old boots. After spending long hours on the river in the morning, I always go home with an empty bag. “ You must give up fishing, my friends say.” My wife even doesn’t want to speak about it. But they don’t understand one thing. Really I don’t want to catch a fish. I just like sitting on a boat and doing nothing. I can relax and the next day I am full of energy. I work better than my friends do. I earn more money than they. They often ask me, “ How can you have so much money?” And I answer them, “ It is because I like fishing.”

After hearing his story I decided to take up a hobby. I’m so tired of working. A hobby like fishing will help me relax. And my friends will ask me one day, “ How did you manage to become so rich?” And I’ll answer them, “It’s because I like fishing.”