The Three Fish

THE THREE FISH

Summer 1999

Once upon a time three little fish lived in a pond. One day, a fisherman came along and looked into the water. "There seem to be a lot of fish in the pond," he said out loud. "Tomorrow I'll bring my net with me and catch them."
The three fish heard what the fisherman said and wondered what they should do to avoid being caught."No time like the present to make an escape," said the first fish and he swam through a hole in the dyke, which dammed up one end of the pond. This led to a stream and he swam away to safety.
"I"ll sleep tonight and make my decision on what I should do early in the morning," said the second fish. When he awoke, he found that the fisherman had already arrived with his net and had plugged the hole in the dyke. "Oh oh!" said the second fish. "What should I do now?" He thought a while and then turned upside down. He floated to the surface of the pond and the fisherman believed he was dead. So the fisherman scooped the second fish out of the water with his net and threw him over the dyke. Luckily the second fish landed in the stream on the the other side and he swam away to safety.
The third fish didn't think the fisherman would catch him. "I'm the smartest fish in the pond!" he thought. "The fisherman won't catch me!" And he was still thinking that when the fisherman scooped him up in his net and took him home for lunch.
THE END