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Apurva Raghupathi 5/6 A Dream Reborn “Career Day has finally arrived” exclaimed Jamie to his friend Andy with a broad smile on his face. “I’ve waited all my school life for this glorious day; Mother said that this is how she was to become the lawyer. I hope I get the job of a fireman or a police officer.” While Jamie was day dreaming about his future, a short and stout man walked into the classroom. He had a big mustache and had no hair at all except for some near his ears. This man also had a huge pin on his shirt that said ‘Mayor Of Bronxville.’ “Today is a very important day; as today, your job is assigned to you. This will be your job for the rest of your life.” The mayor said this with a serious face. He continued “You will have to do this job for the rest of your life, you like it or not. Don’t expect anything extraordinary as this is all a game of chance.” As he was finishing off his speech, a lady walked in with a magician’s hat in her hand. Jamie knew what this hat was for, this hat decided his fate; from this hat, the mayor would draw a job and that job will be assigned to the fist person on the attendance list. When it came to Jamie’s turn, there were only four jobs left to choose from: fireman, fisherman, butcher and doctor. Jamie kept his eyes closed as the teacher called out his name and when she did the mayor said “FISHERMAN!” Jamie couldn’t believe his ears, he was at shock, to believe all that wishing and dreaming was a waste. He walked up to the front of the class, sadly and took the chit from the mayor’s hand. He was so angry that he couldn’t even thank the mayor, but he wasn’t sure what to thank the mayor for, and then it hit him. “Thanks for ruining my life!!” The mayor and the teacher were startled; they didn’t know how to react to the young 10th graders words. The teacher was really embarrassed, but before she cold do anything the mayor said “Young man, what’s your name? Ah yes!! Jamie Fredrick, I told you not to keep your hopes too high not many people are lucky enough to get the job they desire. But then, they start getting used to it. Almost half of the citizens in Bronxville didn’t want the job they got assigned.” Jamie was still depressed he wanted to leave the school immediately. As Jamie was walking back to his seat, the mayor called in a bunch of adults into their classroom. They were going to help the students with their jobs. All these people had name tags on and below their names what jobs they did. “Everyone, find your job instructor!” said the mayor with abundance amount of happiness. All the students stared searching for their instructor, but Jamie just sat sulking at his table, he didn’t want this job so what was the point of him searching for his instructor. After most of the kids had met their instructor a tall man was standing there with a small grin on his face. He then walked up to Jamie and said in hushed tones “Hello! My name is Randall Fintsly, I think that I am your instructor for fishing?” Jamie didn’t answer; instead he just looked at his desk and brooded about his fate. Fintsly went on “I know your not happy about being a fisherman, neither was I when I found out about my occupation, like every other child in my 10th grade class, I wanted to be a doctor or a fireman or anything better than a fisherman. But, fate played its own game on me, it game me his job and you know, I started enjoying it.” Jamie the looked up to him a little bit, he wasn’t sure what to say and how to say it. “How could you enjoy being a fisherman?” Jamie asked “there is no excitement or fun to that job.” Mr. Fintsly then looked at Jamie and then said “There is one thing that a fisherman has that no other person will have.” Jamie then looked made eye contact with him and they was waiting to hear what this wonderful thing was? “Meet me at the Dromedary docks at 10:30 pm, and I’ll show you something that you would fall in love with. As soon as it turned 10:00 pm, Jamie rushed out of his house; he couldn’t wait for this surprise that Mr. Finsly was going to give him. He had been thinking about the surprise ever since he left school. He was walking down his street and trying to guess what the surprise could be: an office, a lighthouse, a gun? He couldn’t wait to see what this surprise was all about