A MONKEY perched upon 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 upon the bank. The Monkey, who is the most
imitative of animals, descended from the treetop and endeavored 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 am rightly served; for what
business had I who had never handled a net to try and catch fish?\''