An old man was fishing on the bank of a river. A boy came to see him fishing. The old man was really good at fishing and it didn't take long for him to catch a full basket of fish. The old man saw that the boy was very cute, and he wanted to give him some fish. But the boy shook her head. The old man was surprised and asked, "Why don't you want the fish?" The boy replied,"I want the fishing rod (竿) in your hands. "
The old man asked, "Why do you want the rod?"
"I can go fishing by myself" the boy answered. "It doesn't take long to eat all the fish in a basket. But if I have fishing rod, and I won't be afraid of not having any more fish to eat. "
I think you will certainly say that the boy is very smart. Wrong! If he doesn't know how to fish, he cannot have fish to eat, even though he has the fishing rod. It's useless 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 longer fear the wind and rain. They are just like the boy, who thought that if he had a fishing rod, he would have fish to eat.
