The Man and the Fish-horn

Fables by Aesop

A TRUTHFUL Man, finding a musical instrument in the road, asked the
name of it, and was told that it was a fish-horn. The next time he
went fishing he set his nets and blew the fish-horn all day to
charm the fish into them; but at nightfall there were not only no
fish in his nets, but none along that part of the coast. Meeting a
friend while on his way home he was asked what luck he had had.

"Well," said the Truthful Man, "the weather is not right for
fishing, but it's a red-letter day for music."

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