“It is evil to
take lives and noble to save them.
Each day I
pledge to save a hundred lives. I drop my net in the lake and scoop out a
hundred fishes.
I place the
fishes on the bank, where they flop and twirl.
“Don’t be
scared,” I tell those fishes. “I am saving you from drowning.”
Soon enough,
the fishes grow calm and lie still.
Yet, sad to
say, I am always too late. The fishes expire.
And because it
is evil to waste anything, I take those dead fishes to market and I sell them
for a good price.
With the money
I receive, I buy more nets so I can save more fishes.”
