A fisherman, stood angling on the bank of a river with an artificial fly. He threw his bait with so much of art that a young trout was rushing towards it, when her mother prevented her, "Stop, child!" said she.
"Never be too hasty where there is a possibility of danger. Take due time to consider, before you risk an action that may be fatal. How do you know whether that is indeed a fly or the snare of an enemy? Let someone else experiment before you attempt. If it is a fly, he will very probably elude the first attack, and then the second may be made if not with success, at least with safety."
She had no sooner uttered this caution than a salmon seized upon the pretended fly, and the salmon was captured.
Moral: Do not rush into a strange position
