An old man was fishing on the bank of a river. A child came to see him fishing. The old man was really good at fishing and it didn't1him a long time to catch a full basket of fish. The old man saw that the child was very2, and he wanted to give her a whole basket of fish.3the child shook(摇) her head. The old man was4and asked. "Why don't you want the fish?"
The child answered. "I want the fishing rod (竿) in your hand."
The old man asked,"5do you want it?"
"It doesn't take long to6all the fish in a basket. But if I have the fishing rod, I can go fishing by7and I won't be afraid of not having any more fish to eat."
I think you will say that the child is very smart.8! If she doesn't know how to fish, she cannot have fish to eat, even though she has the fishing rod. It's not enough to only have a fishing rod. Fishing skills are the most important, not the fishing rod.
Too many people think that if they have a "fishing rod" in their life, they will no longer9the wind and rain. They are just10the child, who thought that if she had a fishing rod, she would have fish to eat.
