漁夫把網撒到海裡，辛苦了一天，捕到了一條小魚，那可憐的小魚求漁夫把它放了，說：“他還太小了，又不值錢，又沒辦法裹腹”。他又許願說：“等我長大後，再捉住我，將對你更有好處。”漁夫說：“現在我若放棄手中的小利，而去追求那希望渺茫的大利，那我豈不成了傻子麼？”
【寓言啟示】
愚蠢的人才會放棄已到手的小利，而去追求那種虛無的大利。
The Fisher and the Little Fish
An Aesop's Fable
It happened that a Fisher, after fishing all day, caught only a little fish.
"Pray, let me go, master," said the Fish. "I am much too small for your eating just now. If you put me back into the river I shall soon grow, then you can make a fine meal off me."
"Nay, nay, my little Fish," said the Fisher, "I have you now. I may not catch you hereafter."
Moral of Aesops Fable: A little thing in hand is worth more than a great thing in prospect
A Fisherman who lived on the produce of his nets, one day caught a single small fish as the result of his day's labor. The fish, panting convulsively, thus entreated for his life: "O Sir, what good can I be to you, and how little am I worth! I am not yet come to my full size. Pray spare my life, and put me back into the sea. I shall soon become a large fish, fit for the tables of the rich; and then you can catch me again, and make a handsome profit of me." The fisherman replied: "I should be a very simple fellow, if I were to forego my certain gain for an uncertain profit."
Moral of Aesops Fable: Do not forego a certain gain for an uncertain profit
A Fisherman who lived on the produce of his nets, one day caught a single small fish as the result of his day's labor. The fish, panting convulsively, thus entreated for his life: "O Sir, what good can I be to you, and how little am I worth! I am not yet come to my full size. Pray spare my life, and put me back into the sea. I shall soon become a large fish, fit for the tables of the rich; and then you can catch me again, and make a handsome profit of me." The fisherman replied: "I should be a very simple fellow, if I were to forego my certain gain for an uncertain profit."
Moral of Aesops Fable: Do not forego a certain gain for an uncertain profit
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