Long ago some twenty years ago I wanted to be a fisherman.Fish was my favorite food and my mom made me fish on every alternate day.A fisherman would come and sell the fish ,cut and clean it.So when he cleaned it sitting at some distance from him I asked a lot of question.Like where do you fish ,how do you fish ,how much do you get for the fish etc ,etc.After some time I did my calculation and decided that I wanted to be a fisherman and told my parents.I told them that I need to catch only two fishes everyday ,one for eating and other to sell and buy rice .My parents were amused as they were smiling.Then my dad asked me to write down the whole plan so that nothing is missed and forgotten and also what I would be doing for rest of my time after becoming fisherman.

I remember writing it down completely and for my free time my plan said that it would be playing for most parts naturally and then of course my mom would tell me some story.Also bathing and daily things was accounted for. My dad saw it , he appreciated my effort ,told me to improve my handwriting and spellings.Then he again went back to calculations and asked what about the oil ,I realized I forgot that and asked my mom how much it costs.She told me and I decided ,one more small fish.Then he asked about spices I added another small fish.After that he went on asking about everything like toothpaste,chocolate,etc and the figure became very large.

I dont remember writing the next essay but after some days rainy season started and playing ground near my home got all filled with water.Seeing so much water I decided to practice fishing.so I made myself a fishing rod got a hook and then put on my raincoat ,my rainy shoes and went fishing.Near the water body I made a comfortable chair for my self from bricks lying around and and fixed my fishing rod as I had seen in some book and waited for the bite.It was not raining heavily and I waited for the bite ,My mom came looking for me after sometime and asked me what I was doing .I reminded her of my resolve and told her about the practice.My mom has never scolded me in my life and never said no to any thing . She went back brought back a chair for herself , a bag of food , a mat a big umbrella and herself wearing my dads big rain coat.She sat with me for sometime till I got bored broke the rod and threw it in the water.

Looking back at that time I find it nightmarish the hand to mouth existence I had planned ,childhood is such a sweet time.