There's nothing more boring than piling fish all day.
Chapter 10: Cody's Struggles
One day, Cody was at work in the fish pile, as always, catching the fish and putting them in a pile. It's like the most boring job he considered doing, probably thinking there's more to life than just piling fish all day and putting them in a pile. He sighs heavily as he continued catching the fish and some of them, most of the fish were thrown, but got missed and aimed at Cody's face.
The smell of fish in the face was the most hated part about the job. He groaned and said, "I hate this job."
He grunts heavily as he climbed back to the top fo the pile where he caught some more fish. He caught them as fast as he could, but some workers were a little agitated at Cody's timing.
"Come on, Maverick! Pick up the pace already!"
He rolled his eyes and said, "I'm picking the pace as fast as I can."
"Not good enough! I need more quickness."
"Whatever you say."
Cody is starting to grow aggravated by being judged by his work ethic. He grew a little ticked and muttered to himself, "Telling me I'm too slow. This dude is getting on my nerves, man."
He was able to shake it off and just continue piling fish and get it over with so he could go home with a few fish and then, surf the waves. That's something he likes to do instead of spending the rest of his life sorting the fish. He couldn't imagine anything more boring that sorting fish and putting them in a pile all day long.
After a few hours, Cody started to look a little tired and somewhat bored after work. When it came time to get home, Cody was breathing a huge sigh of relief as he got off the pile of fish, using one of the fish as a surfboard to him and slid down the pile, looking excited to come back home. He brought in five pieces of fish back home from work and he was able to walk home relieved.
As he got home, his mom saw him with pieces of fish and said, "I see you bought some fish home."
He grunted a little and said, "Yep. It should last for quite a while."
"Thanks, Cody. Leave them in the kitchen."
He dropped the fishes in the kitchen and Edna sorted them out. She asked him, "How was work?"
"Fine. Just a little boring."
"It's not that boring."
"Whoever said piling fish could be fun?"
"Most penguins say that when they're young."
"True."
She looked at Cody and saw his eyes being a little droopy. She told him, "You look a little tired."
"I know. I'm like, 12 years old and I need some energy to boost me up."
"Don't you think you should get a nap before dinner?"
"No, I don't like doing that when dinner's coming. I need to surf. That will always get my adrenaline pumping and then, I'll have a whole lot of energy to boost me up."
"Just be careful of those waves."
Cody chuckled softly as he walked out of the kitchen and then, he went to his room and got his ice-board. Before he can take it out, he polished his board to make sure it's in decent shape to use while he was surfing the waves. Then, he looked at himself on the board and his Big Z necklace at the same time. He still has that voice that Big Z told him and it still stuck with him.
He exhaled sharply and said, "Let's surf. I need an energy boost."
Stay tuned for the next chapter!