The Fisherman
There is an old fisherman. The fisherman goes to the sea in the morning. He throws his net slowly into the water. The fisherman waits quietly for a while. There is a small fish in his net. The fisherman pulls the fish from the water.
The small fish is very afraid. The small fish speaks immediately. "Please let me go back," he says. "I am still very small." "I must grow a little more in the sea." "Then you will catch me again." "Then I will be bigger."
The fisherman looks at the small fish. The fisherman says this calmly. "I will never let you go into the sea." "I will never find you again in the sea." "A small fish is better than nothing."
An opportunity at hand is always more valuable.