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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