How Leisure Came

A man to whom time was money was hurriedly bolting his breakfast in order to catch a train. In his rush, he leaned his newspaper against the sugar bowl and read as he ate.

In his haste and distraction, he accidentally stuck a pickle fork into his right eye. To his shock, when he removed the fork, his eye came out with it.

The unfortunate incident forced him to buy spectacles, but the needless expense for the right lens quickly reduced him to poverty. As a result, the man, once defined by his time management and financial stability, found himself having to sustain his life by fishing from the end of a wharf.