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The Fisherman and the Little Fish

A Fisherman who lived on the produce of his nets, one day caught asingle small fish as the result of his day's labor. The fish, pantingconvulsively, thus entreated for his life: "O Sir, what good can I beto 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 alarge fish, fit for the tables of the rich; and then you can catch meagain, and make a handsome profit of me." The fisherman replied: "Ishould be a very simple fellow, if I were to forego my certain gain foran uncertain profit."

From Aesop's Fables