How to Climb a Tree to Catch a Fish
The proverbial how-to guide (1)
IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTES: In case of insects: Do not remove a fly from your friend’s forehead with a hatchet.
Because catching a fish in a tree may seem somewhat illogical; please remember: A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.
Before you start:
If you plan for one year, plant rice. If you plan for ten years, plant trees. If you plan for one hundred years, educate mankind. The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is today. This manual assumes you picked the former and that you selected a planting spot, near water, filled with high performance jumping fish.
First Method:
Hunger is a great teacher. Please do not eat before reading.
First, resolve what must be done; solutions will then become evident. Do not learn to desire what you do not deserve. Ask yourself — do you deserve fish (and possibly a side of fries).
Often one finds one’s destiny just where one hides to avoid it. In this instance, our destiny is a fish, and it’s hiding in a tree, so we must conceal ourselves there. Why the fish is hiding in the tree is a question for another day, but it’s just possible it would prefer not…
