The Fisherman Piping
A FISHERMAN skilled in music took his
flute and his nets to the seashore. Standing
on a projecting rock, he played several tunes
in the hope that the fish, attracted by his
melody, would of their own accord dance into
his net, which he had placed below. At
last, having long waited in vain, he laid aside
his flute, and casting his net into the sea,
made an excellent haul of fish. When he saw
them leaping about in the net upon the rock
he said: "O you most perverse creatures,
when I piped you would not dance, but now
that I have ceased you do so merrily."
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