The Fish That Got Away

14 The Fish That Got Away My Aunt Sara is known in our family as a wise woman. If you have a problem, you can always turn to her for advice. Sometimes she tells a little story to demonstrate her point. I'm the type of person who acts without thinking things through. I have a care-free attitude. I just take things as they come and hope for the best. That's the way it was when I was looking for a summer job this year. I wanted to make some money so that I would be able to buy things when school started in the fall. Well, it was a pretty busy spring. With soccer and long nights playing outside with friends, by the time I got around to applying for any student jobs, they were all taken. That left me as one of the few kids with no summer job. What a terrible summer it was! My friends had jobs and money to buy things with. But me, I'd left it too late. My summer ended up being long and boring. Aunt Sara told me a story. It was simple, but it made me think about my care-free attitude.

There were three fish living in a small river. Their names were Make Plans, Fast Thinker, and Wait and See. One day, they heard a fisherman saying that he would cast a net into the lake in the morning. Make Plans was not worried. He immediately decided to swim upriver so as not to be caught. Fast Thinker was not worried. “ Surely, I will have a plan by the time the man casts his net, " he said to himself. Wait and See was not worried either. " I will decide what to do in the morning, " he said. In the morning, the fisherman cast his net. By this time, Make Plans was far away, but the other two fish were caught. Fast Thinker rolled over on his back and pretended to be dead. Of course, the fisherman did not want dead fish, so he threw Fast Thinker back into the river. But Wait and See was caught and sold that evening at the local market.