一個漁夫完全靠打漁為生。一次，漁夫勞動了一整天隻捕到一條小魚。氣喘籲籲的小魚，懇求漁夫能夠放過他： “哦，親愛的先生，你看我現在多小啊，您就饒了我吧。等我長到足夠大的時候，我一定會好好回報您的，到時您再把我捉住，然後飽餐一頓。 ”漁夫回答他： “我確實是一個頭腦簡單的人，但是在得到更大的、不確定的利益之前，我也是不會放過任何眼前唾手可得的利益的。 ”
一鳥在手勝過雙鳥在林。
A Fishermahe produce of his s，one day caught a single small Fish as the result of his day’s labor. The Fish，panting vulsively，thus eed for his life，“ood I be to you， and how little am I worth? I am o my full size. Pray spare my life，ao the sea. I shall soon bee a large .sh .t for the tables of the rid then you catch me again，and make a ha of me.” The Fisherman replied，“I should indeed be a very simple fellow if，for the ce of a greater uain pro.t，I were to my preseain gain.”
A little thing in hand is worth more thahing i.