An avid fisherman would always spend Sunday morning fishing, after going to the early Mass in his parish church. It was his pastime spending time alone and enjoying his hobby. On morning, after he had caught a few fish, which he left in his bucket, he noticed an elegant lady, dressed in her best clothes, certainly not fit to be on a shoreline with rugged rocks and lapping waves on a sunny day. As she approached the quiet fisherman, she looked in his bucket and told him ‘aren’t you ashamed catching these tiny fish....why did you do such a cruel thing?’ At first he ignored her, but when she insisted that she wanted an answer, he asked her ‘you know why they were caught?’ ‘No, why?’ she replied. ‘Because they opened their mouth! If they didn’t open their mouth, they would still be in the sea. How I wish that their experience will teach all of us to do the same!’ At that, the woman grumbled something to herself, and left the fisherman enjoying some peace and tranquillity, with his mouth closed.
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