Small Frying-pan

Small Frying-pan

One morning a man was crossing a narrow bridge when
he saw a fisherman on the shady bank of the river under
him, so he stopped to watch him quitetly.

After a few minutes,the fisherman pulled his line in.
There was a big,fat fish at the end of it.

The fisherman took it off the hook and threw it back into
the water. Then he put his hook and line in again. After a
few more minutes he caught another big fish. Again he
threw it back into the river. Then , the thrid time, he caught
a small fish. He put it into his basket and started to get
ready to go. The man on the bridge was very surprisd, so
he spoke to the fisherman. He said, "Why did you throw
those beautiful, big fish back into the water and keep only
that small one?"

The fisherman looked up and answered, "Small frying-pan."