Once upon a time, two fishermen passed by a beautiful pond, where three fish lived. One of the fishermen put his hand in the water and said to his friend,” let’s catch some fish”. The smart fish who heard them told his buddies what he had heard and immediately swam away. The second fish who was astute, when he realize that it was too late to escape, came up with a plan to come to the surface of the water and pretend to be dead. By seeing this, the fishermen throw him away and he successfully reached another pond. However, the lazy fish who made no attempts to survive was captured by the fishermen
From the anecdotes of KALILA AND DIMNA