Aesop S Fables The Fisherman And The Sprat Infoplease

• Home >
• Primary Sources >
• Fables & Fairytales >
• Aesop’s Fables >
• Aesop’s Fables: The Fisherman and the Sprat

TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.

Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

Current Events This Week: January 2023

African Americans by the Numbers

Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents

The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales

by Aesop The Fox and the GoatThe Boasting TravellerThe Fisherman and the Sprat A Fisherman cast his net into the sea, and when he drew it up again it contained nothing but a single Sprat that begged to be put back into the water. “I’m only a little fish now,” it said, “but I shall grow big one day, and then if you come and catch me again I shall be of some use to you.” But the Fisherman replied, “Oh, no, I shall keep you now I’ve got you: if I put you back, should I ever see you again? Not likely!”

.com/texts/literature/aesop-fables-jones/chapter48.html .com/t/lit/aesop-fables-jones/48.html .com/texts/literature/aesop-fables-jones/chapter48.html

Sources +

Our Common Sources

A Fisherman cast his net into the sea, and when he drew it up again it contained nothing but a single Sprat that begged to be put back into the water. “I’m only a little fish now,” it said, “but I shall grow big one day, and then if you come and catch me again I shall be of some use to you.” But the Fisherman replied, “Oh, no, I shall keep you now I’ve got you: if I put you back, should I ever see you again? Not likely!”

.com/texts/literature/aesop-fables-jones/chapter48.html

.com/t/lit/aesop-fables-jones/48.html

Sources +

Our Common Sources

Our Common Sources

Aesop’s Fables: The Fox and the Goat

• Aesop’s Fables: The Fox and the Goat

TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.

Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

Current Events This Week: January 2023

African Americans by the Numbers

Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents

The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales

TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.

Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

Current Events This Week: January 2023

African Americans by the Numbers

Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents

The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales

• Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
• The Twelve Dancing Princesses
• Current Events This Week: January 2023
• African Americans by the Numbers
• Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
• The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales