Once upon a time, there was a little cat. It saw that its mother cat had caught a lot of fish and was very envious, so it wanted to go fishing by itself. Thus, the little cat picked up the fishing rod and ran towards the river.
When the little cat came to the river, it found a place to sit down and then threw the fishing rod into the water. It thought to itself, "I'm sure I can catch a great many fish." However, after a short while, a butterfly flew over. The little cat thought the butterfly was very beautiful, so it put down the fishing rod and chased after the butterfly. The butterfly flew very fast. After chasing for a while, the little cat couldn't catch up and had to go back to the river.
At this time, a dragonfly flew over and landed on the waterweeds in front of the little cat. The little cat was attracted by the dragonfly again. It put down the fishing rod once more to catch the dragonfly. The dragonfly was very clever and flew away all of a sudden. The little cat jumped at it but missed, and slunk back to the river again. But it found that there was nothing on the fishhook, while its mother cat had already caught several fish.
The little cat was very depressed. It asked its mother cat, "Mom, why can't I catch any fish?" The mother cat smiled and said, "My child, fishing requires patience. You chased the butterfly for a while and then chased the dragonfly. How could you catch fish like that?" The little cat thought what its mother said was very reasonable. So it sat down again, stared at the fishing rod closely, and was no longer distracted by the things around it.
After a while, the fishing rod moved a little. The little cat quickly pulled up the fishing rod. Wow, a big fish was hooked! The little cat was extremely happy. It finally caught a fish. The little cat understood that one should be patient when doing things and not be half - hearted, so that one can succeed.
