How is success achieved through consistent effort?

 It was a beautiful lake, rich with a great variety of fish. Among them lived five fish who were the best of friends. They used to enjoy leaping and playing together on the surface of the water.

One day, while they were playing, a fisherman came along with his net. Seeing the man, the fifth fish immediately sensed danger and quickly dived deep down into the water. The fourth fish, a red one, noticed this clever move but was a little too late to react. Soon, four of the fish got caught in the fisherman’s net.

However, the fourth fish came up with an idea. It pretended to be dead. Seeing this, the fisherman picked it up and, thinking it was of no use, tossed it back into the water. Thus, the fourth fish escaped.

Witnessing this, the third fish was inspired. While still trapped in the net, it began jumping vigorously. The first fish said, “Friend, we three are destined to become curry in this fisherman’s house. There’s no hope now. Don’t waste your energy jumping.” But the third fish didn’t give up. It kept trying.

After a while, as the fisherman was walking along the bank of the lake with the net, he accidentally tripped. The net shook violently, and the third fish managed to jump out and straight into the water, thus saving itself.

Now, the fisherman walked home with only two fish. Even at home, the second fish kept jumping, having seen how the third fish had escaped. Just then, the fisherman’s child came and said, “Dad, I want to keep this fish as a pet. Let’s raise it in the pond in our backyard.” The fisherman agreed. And so, the second fish too was saved.

The first fish, watching all this, was filled with sorrow. Eventually, it ended up as a fine fish curry.

Moral:

Even when failures come one after the other, one must gather all their strength and keep trying till the end—because the final attempt might lead to success.