The Fisher

[Omphalos]

A Fisher once took his bagpipes to the bank of a river, and played upon them with the hope of making the fish rise; but never a one put his nose out of the water. So he cast his net into the river and soon drew it forth filled with fish. Then he took his bagpipes again, and, as he played, the fish leapt up in the net. "Ah, you dance now when I play," said he.

"Yes," said an old Fish.



You had better dance when the man who has you by the short-and-curlies tells you to dance.

[inhuien]

That sounds about right.

[SandChigger]

Hmmm...

What's the source of this one, Omph? I don't generally associate the pipes with Aesop....

I read this when you posted it end of last month ... but nothing suitably pithy (fisky?) occurred to me.

[Omphalos]

This one came off a web site. I have the URL at home, so Ill post it when I get there later.

This is not the site I usually use, but it has the same language and credits it to Aesop.

Here's another. I'm certain the one I used has translation data, so we can check later tonight.

Really good point, though. Good catch.

[inhuien]

Greek Bagpipes.

[Omphalos]

Nice pig-pipes.

[inhuien]

It must be said that Stavros's bladder was larger than most.