Aesop's Fables: Sir Roger L'Estrange (1692)
171. FISHING IN TROUBLED WATERS (Perry
26)
A Fisherman had order'd his Net for a Draught, and still as he was gathering
it up, he dash'd the Water, to fright the Fish into the Bag. Some of the
Neighbourhood that look'd on, told him that he did ill to muddle the Water
so, and spoil their Drink. Well (says he) but I must either Spoil your
Drink, or have nothing to Eat my self.
THE MORAL. There's no Engaging the Mobile in a Sedition, till their
Heads are so muddled first with Frights and Visions, that they can neither
See, Hear, nor Understand.
 L'Estrange originally published his version of the fables in 1692. There is a
very nice illustrated edition in the Children's Classics series by Knopf: Sir
Roger L'Estrange. Aesop
- Fables which is available at amazon.com.
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