The fisher and the little fish

It happened that a fisher after fishing all day caught only a little fish “Prey! Let me go Master” said the
fish “I am much too small for your eating just now, if you put me back into the river, I shall soon grow
then you can make a fine meal of me. “Nay, nay my little fish” said the fisher. “I have you now, I may not
catch you hereafter. A little thing in hand is worth more than a great thing in prospect.

The flies and the honeypot

A number of flies were attracted to a jar of honey, which had been overturned in a housekeeper’s room
and placing their feet in it ate greedily. Their feet, however became so smeared with the honey that
they could not use their wings nor released themselves and were suffocated. Just as they were expiring,
they exclaimed “Oh foolish creatures that we are, for the sake of a little pleasure, we have destroyed
ourselves” Pleasure bought with pains, hurts.

The mountain god and the river god

A long time ago in Vietnam, there was a beautiful princess. She was the king’s only daughter. Both the
mountain god and the river god …1… to marry the king’s daughter. The king said, “You must fight and
the winner will marry the princess”. So the two Gods fought. They fought with bows and arrows. The
mountain god …2… the fight and he married the beautiful princess. But the river god was very angry. He
…3… his power to attack the mountain. The river got higher, it …4… the mountain. It came up to where
the mountain god and princess …5… . Then, the mountain got higher too, so the river couldn’t get the
princess. Now, every year in July and August, when the rains come in Vietnam, the rivers rise. People say
that the river god is still trying to take away the princess.