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    In a large pond lived many arrogant fish who never listened to advice. A kind crocodile warned them that their overconfidence could lead to their downfall, but they ignored him. Later, two fishermen decided to return with nets to catch the fish. The crocodile overheard and tried to warn the fish again, but they laughed at him. The next morning, the fishermen returned and caught all of the foolish fish in their nets. The fish realized they should have listened to the helpful crocodile.

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    In a large pond lived many arrogant fish who never listened to advice. A kind crocodile warned them that their overconfidence could lead to their downfall, but they ignored him. Later, two fishermen decided to return with nets to catch the fish. The crocodile overheard and tried to warn the fish again, but they laughed at him. The next morning, the fishermen returned and caught all of the foolish fish in their nets. The fish realized they should have listened to the helpful crocodile.

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    In a large pond lived many arrogant fish who never listened to advice. A kind crocodile warned them that their overconfidence could lead to their downfall, but they ignored him. Later, two fishermen decided to return with nets to catch the fish. The crocodile overheard and tried to warn the fish again, but they laughed at him. The next morning, the fishermen returned and caught all of the foolish fish in their nets. The fish realized they should have listened to the helpful crocodile.

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    A Short Story : The Foolish Fish

    In a huge pond, there lived many fish. They were arrogant and
    never listened to anyone. In this pond, there also lived a kind-
    hearted crocodile.

    He advised the fish, It does not pay to be arrogant and


    overconfident. It could be your downfall." But the fish never
    listened to him. There is that crocodile, advising us again," they
    would say.

    One afternoon, the crocodile was resting beside a stone near the
    pond, when two fishermen stopped there to drink water.

    The fishermen noticed that the pond had many fish. Look! This
    pond is full of fish. Lets come here tomorrow with our fishing
    net," said one of them. I am surprised we have not seen this
    place before!" exclaimed the other.

    The crocodile heard all this. When the fishermen left, he slowly
    slipped into the pond and went straight to the fish. You all had
    better leave this pond before dawn. Early morning those two
    fishermen are going to come to this pond with their net," warned
    the crocodile.

    But the fish just laughed and said, There have been many
    fishermen who have tried to catch us. These two are not going to
    catch us either. Do not you worry about us, Mr. Crocodile," they
    said in a mocking voice.

    The next morning, the fishermen came and threw their net in the
    pond. The nets were big and strong. Very soon all the fish were
    caught. If only we had listened to Mr. Crocodile. He had only
    wanted to help. For our arrogance we have to pay with our lives,"
    said the fish.

    The fishermen took the foolish fish to the market and sold them
    for a good profit.
    Vocabulary
    Foolish- nebun, necugetat

    Huge-mare,imens

    Pond- lac, elesteu

    Downfall- prabusire, ruinare

    Overconfident-prea ncreztor

    Task1.

    Mark in the text all the verbs in the past simple.

    Task2.

    Find out in the text the synonyms of the following words:

    To recommend, to suggest

    Self-important, pretentious

    To be astonished

    Lake

    To be concerned

    Mindless, stupid

    Earnings, surplus

    To obey, to believe

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