FableNº 22

The Fishermen and the Tuna

Some fishermen had been out a long time and caught nothing; they sat in their boat, sunk in discouragement. Just then a tuna, chased and fleeing with a great splashing, leapt by mistake straight into their boat. They seized it, carried it to town, and sold it.

Often what our skill refuses us, chance hands over for nothing.

Moral

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