A fisherman spent all his life catching the fish. Later he became old, so he turned the boat over to his son.

When the son of the fisherman took over the worn and shiny bamboo spar from the hands of his father, he discovered by accident that there was a paddle in the boat. The paddle still gave off the original luster, which seemed that it was seldom used. The river his father often caught fish is a small river situated between two mountains. The water was not deep, so it was completely enough to punt a boat with a bamboo spar and the paddle was really no use. The fisherman found his son's surprise and said: “When your grandfather turned the boat over to me many years ago, this paddle had been in the boat. He told me that no matter when I went out to fish, I should take the paddle. And you should follow the teachings of our forefathers and take it with you.” Although the son felt surprised, he still kept it in mind.

Inherited from his father, with a bamboo spar in hand, the son drifted the boat to fishing for fish and shrimps. Since he never used the paddle, he almost forgot the existence of it.

One day, the son went out to fish as usual, but found the water rise suddenly and sharply. It turned out that there was sudden and heavy rain in the upstream and the river was in spate. The son desperately held the boat to the shore of the river, but finding the bamboo spar was too short. The bamboo spar could not find an anchor in the river, so the boat lost control. At the critical juncture, the son saw the idle paddle, so he used it to paddle desperately. As a result, the boat avoided numerous obstacles and sailed intact into the lower reaches of the river. And finally with the paddle, he paddled the boat safely to the shore. Since then, the son began to know how important the paddle was.

When our life's boat still drifting in the river and we only need a bamboo spar to drive, we have to prepare a “paddle”, because it is �€‹�€‹a long-term preparation for us to fight against wind waves in rivers and even oceans in the future.