Mini Stories

The Fisherman's Empty Net

An old fisherman catches nothing for weeks until a mysterious stranger changes his luck.

B29 min

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1Old Pedro had fished in the same quiet bay for more than fifty years.

2For three whole weeks, his nets had come up out of the sea completely empty.

3The younger fishermen laughed at him and told him to stay at home.

4One grey morning, a stranger asked if he could join him on his boat.

5The man said nothing, but he pointed towards the rocks far away.

6Pedro sailed there, though he had never caught fish in that place.

7When he pulled up the net, it was bursting with silver fish.

8He turned around to thank the stranger, but the small boat was empty.

9On the shore, nobody remembered ever seeing the mysterious man at all.

10From that day on, Pedro always left one fish on the rocks.

11He believed the sea had sent him a guardian in human form.

12His catch was never ever empty again, not even a single time.

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