“Rise and Shine, Jimmy!” A faint voice was ringing in a distance. And then… somebody started shaking me! Was it real? What was it? Actually, it was indeed real! O, yes! It was my father trying to wake me, “Wake up, Jimmy, wake up!” “Not yet, Dad. Just a few more minutes, please!” I murmured! And he went, “It’s Sunday, Jimmy, don’t you want to go hunting? Your cousins are already here! Wake up!” The mention of hunting worked like magic! “Yes, of course, Dad! How could I sleep, any more?” I jumped out of my bed! I can do anything for hunting! My biggest hobby, my passion.
I will never forget that Sunday. Well, there are events in all our lives that change us- making us wiser! This Sunday was to become one for me. Actually, I have gone through many incidents, which changed the way I think about things. But this Sunday stands out, for it taught me a huge lesson.
I remember how excited I was, on waking up at my father’s call! I hurried though things, dashed into his room and carrying shotguns and other equipment rushed to his SUV. The smell of fresh bread, eggs, and coffee was coming from the kitchen downstairs! Yummy! It was he packing the food and getting ready for a long exciting day of hunting in the desert! His phone kept ringing with calls from my uncles and cousins telling that they were waiting outside, impatiently. “Here, Jimmy, take this to the car.” my father said handing me the all the hunting gears. “With pleasure, Dad!” I replied carrying them while he himself carried a big box full of drinks and food!
And there we were, on our way heading to the desert for hunting! We made our way deep into the desert, accompanied by two other cars with relatives and friends. We moved together as a group, very thrilled as it was a bright crisp sunny day- the first day of the hunting season. It looked like this was our lucky day as we could hunt a lot of birds and were