Once it happened to a Fisherman that, after fishing all day, He caught only a little fish.
The Little Fish said to the Fisherman
:"Please, let me go, master, I am too much small for your
eating just now. If you put me back into the
river I shall soon grow, then you can make a
fine meal off me."
"No, no, my little Fish," said the Fisher, "I
have you now. I may not catch you hereafter."
Moral: A little thing in hand is
worth more than a great thing in prospect.