About This Quote
To say “You may not have to worry about him tomorrow!” is to say, “You may not have to worry about him forever.” It is an expression of hope for the future, but it is also a warning. The speaker here is saying that the man in the story will be capable of surviving on his own for a day or two, but he doesn’t want to teach him all that he needs to know. He doesn’t want to teach him how to de-bone that fish in order to eat it. The speaker in this case believes that teaching this man how to do these things would ruin him forever.
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