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?”