The Tale Of Three Fishes
This is one of those short moral stories from Panchatantra, which teaches an essential life lesson for kids.
In a small stream lived three fishes. Each fish was of a different colour — red, blue, and yellow. Yet, nothing could separate them.
One day, the blue fish was swimming close to the bank and overheard fishermen talk.
“Oh, it is time to fish in the stream, the fishes from the river would have swum here for plenty of food! Let’s go fishing tomorrow!”
The worried blue fish swam as quickly as it could to its other two friends.
“Listen, listen! I just overheard fishermen talk. They are planning to catch fish in this stream tomorrow. We must swim to the safety of the river for tomorrow!”
“Oh, that’s all right! They wouldn’t catch me as am too quick for them. Also, we have all the food we need here!” said the red fish.
“But, we should just go for a day!” said the blue fish.
“I agree with the blue fish. This is home but we need to stay safe!” said the yellow fish.
They tried to convince their friend but there was no turning
The next morning, the fishermen cast their net and caught as many fishes as they could. Some were green, some were orange, some were white, some were multicoloured and among them was a red fish!
“What a catch!” called out the fishermen after the long day.
Sadness overtook the yellow fish and the blue fish as they returned to see that their friend had been caught!
