The Three Fishes

The Three Fishes 

There were three big fishes living in a lake

who were very close friends. All three of them

were very different from one another. The

first one believed in fate. He thought things

cannot be changed and what had to happen

will happen no matter what. The second one

was intelligent. He thought he knew how to

solve a problem if he had one, with his

intelligence. The third one was the wise one. It

thought long and hard before acting.

So one day, the wise fish was happily playing

around in the water, when it over heard a

fishermen talking to another. "Look at that

one, what a big fish... This lake is full of big

fishes like this one. Let us come tomorrow and

catch them."

It hurriedly swam to it's friends to tell the

news. "Let us get out of this lake before those

fishermen come back. A canal I know can take

us to another lake," the wise one said.

The intelligent fish said, " I know what to do if

the fishermen come and catch me."

The fish which believed in fate said,

"Whatever to happen will happen, I was born

in this lake and I am not going to leave it."

The wise fish didn't want to risk its life, so he

took the canal and went to another lake.

The fishermen came back the next morning

and cast their net. The rest of the two friends

were caught in it along with many other

fishes.

The intelligent fish thought of a way to escape,

it acted as if it were dead. The fishermen

threw him along with other dead fish back into

the lake. But the other fish which believed in

fate was still jumping in the net and the

fishermen struck him dead.

Story moral: Intelligence wins over might.