The Foolish Fisherman

Once, there was a big pond near a village. The villagers used the water of the pool for drinking and for other purposes as well. The pool abounded with fish. Once a fisherman went fishing to the pool. He spread his net into the pool and sat down. But he was very impatient. So, he tied a long string to a small stone. Then putting it into the pool, he began to stir the water to drive more fish into his net. A villager saw him do so and asked him not to make the water muddy. But the fisherman didn’t listen to him and went on beating the water and making it dirty. Becoming so muddy and dirty, the fish started dying. Most of the fish died and now the only source of earning for the fisherman also mixed in mud. Now the fisherman was disgruntled to see this and started feeling guilty.

Moral: Don’t be impatient.