A Strange Hobby

6 A Strange Hobby A happy child has a hobby. That's what my mom always says. My hobby is studying the night sky. My sister's hobby is skateboarding. Many people around us have hobbies too. Some hobbies are ordinary like ours. But some people have very weird hobbies. A friend of mine collects rocks. Everywhere he goes, he stops and looks at rocks. If he finds an interesting one, he takes it home and adds it to his collection. His mom says that he has to stop soon because his room is getting full of rocks. My mom's best friend collects salt and pepper shakers. But not just any salt and pepper shakers. They have to have something to do with bears. They can have a picture of a bear or be shaped like a bear-it doesn't matter, as long as it is a salt and pepper shaker with a bear on them somewhere. I learned about a weird hobby when I was in Germany last year.

While I was on a train, I saw a guy reading a book. I recognized the title, so I said to the guy, " That is a good book. I really enjoyed reading it. " He said, " Yes, it is a good book. But I'm reading it for a very special reason. You can see that it has a green cover. My hobby is collecting books with green covers. " That's a strange hobby. I had a good conversation with him. He told me that he had more than one hundred books, all with green covers. He said that it was very hard to find books with green covers. Green was not a colour that publishers liked to use on book covers. He spent a lot of time in bookstores. He read a book, and if it was good AND if the cover was green, he added it to his collection. His dream was to have one wall in his house with only green books on it. Strange, you might say. But it's his hobby. And as Mom always says, “ A happy child has a hobby. " What's your hobby?