当时，查安塔正在老家村子里钓鱼，“我坐着等了几个小时，但鱼儿都不来吃饵，我开始饿了，”他回忆道，“突然间，我想到既然鱼儿吃蚯蚓都不会死，那我吃蚯蚓也一样没事的。

He said: "One day, I was sitting there waiting for a fish to eat my bait for hours and was starving. "Suddenly, I realised fish don't die from eating worms so I shouldn't either.

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但当风吹向海岸的时候，鱼儿便从深海里浮起，游进他的渔网里，他便将它们带去市场卖掉。

But when the wind blew to the shore, the fish came in from the deep, and swam into the meshes of his nets, and he took them to the market-place and sold them.

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如果坐船渡河时，你捉到一条鱼，那算你运气好，但决不能就此把那条渡船当作渔船；同样，倘若渡船的艄公没有抓到鱼儿，也不能责怪他失职。

If while crossing a ferry you can catch a fish you are a lucky man, but that does not make the ferry boat a fishing boat, nor should you abuse the ferryman if he does not make fishing his business.

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