The Fishermen
Aesop Fable: The Fishermen
Some fishermen were out trawling their nets. Perceiving
them to be very heavy, they danced about for joy and supposed
that they had taken a large catch.
When they had
dragged the nets to the shore they found but few fish: the
nets were full of sand and stones, and the men were beyond
measure cast down so much at the disappointment
which had befallen them, but because they had formed such
very different expectations.
One of their company, an old
man, said, "Let us cease lamenting, my mates, for, as it
seems to me, sorrow is always the twin sister of joy; and it
was only to be looked for that we, who just now were overrejoiced,
should next have something to make us sad."
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