Mang Ambo was not the typical fisherman because he prefers to fish by himself and far from the others. Comparing to his fellow fishermen, their family have a bigger house and can afford to send his children to school with ease. You might think that Mang Ambo was a very good fisherman because of these but not until you knew him well.
Unknown to others, Mang Ambo uses dynamite in fishing and that is the reason why he prefers to fish alone and far from the others in order for them not to notice his illegal activity. He keeps his dynamites in a small hut not very far from his house so his wife and their children do not know about it either.
As days pass by, less and less fish were caught by the fishermen in their village. Even Mang Ambo's catch were reduced to half of his original catch. They were forced to fish farther and at a longer time just to have a good catch.
It was summer and his family went to their relatives to have a vacation. Mang Ambo opted to be left behind because he doesn't want to leave his fishing. Besides, nobody will be left behind to look after their house.
The fishermen had a meeting to discuss about the problem and invited Mang Ambo to talk about it one day as they knew that he is the only one who is having a good catch. They were hoping that he could teach them a new way to have a good catch but he did not attend. They thought that he was just busy so they did not bother him anymore.
To be continued....
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