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243.The Monkey and the Fishermen
A MONKEY perched on a lofty tree saw some fishermen casting their nets into a river, and narrowly watched their proceedings. The fishermen after a while gave up fishing, and on going home to dinner left their nets on the bank. The monkey, who is the most imitative of animals, descended from the treetop and endeavoured to do as they had done. Having handled the net, he threw it into the river, but became tangled in the meshes and drowned.
With his last breath he said to himself,
“I deserved what I got; for what business had I who had never handled a net to try and catch fish?”
