The Fisherman and His Nets

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The Fisherman and His Nets by Aesop

Translated by George Fyler Townsend (1887)

A Fisherman, engaged in his calling, made a very successful cast and captured a great haul of fish. He managed by a skillful handling of his net to retain all the large fish and to draw them to the shore; but he could not prevent the smaller fish from falling back through the meshes of the net into the sea.