Monkey and the Fisherman Fable Aesop

一只栖息在高树上的猴子看到一些渔民把网撒进河里，小心翼翼地看着他们的行动。过了一会儿，渔民们放弃了捕鱼，回家吃晚饭时把渔网留在了岸边。猴子是最善于模仿动物的，它从树梢上下来，努力做他们所做的事。处理完网后，他把它扔进了河里，但被网缠住了，淹死了。他用最后一口气对自己说：“我得到了正确的服务;我这个从来没用过网捕鱼的人干什么生意？

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?”