有一天，一个会吹长笛的渔夫带着笛子和渔网来到海边，他站在一块突出海面的岩石上，开始吹奏曲子，希望用笛声引诱鱼儿跳出海面。渔夫弹奏了一会儿，没有一条鱼出来。最后，他把长笛放到一边，撒网入海，却捞起满网的鱼。当渔夫把网拖上岸后，看见鱼儿在岸边不停地跳跃，他便说：“你们这些淘气鬼！我吹笛子时，你们不肯跳；现在我不吹了，你们却在这里欢蹦乱跳！”
【吹笛子的渔夫的故事寓意】
吹笛子的渔夫这篇寓言故事告诉了我们：现实生活中，并不是每个人都像渔夫那样聪明。如果他一直在那里吹笛子，这当然是他所擅长的，愿望也是美好的，但是，他本来是想要抓鱼的，鱼不入网，不光是会很郁闷，甚至可能饿死；渔夫还是可爱的，他至始至终都带着强烈的主观愿望来理解他所看到的世界，把鱼的挣扎看作是跳舞，虽说是迟来的舞蹈。由此可见，可爱的美好的愿望，在我们享受生活的时候可以尽情发挥；当我们面临必须的谋生要做事要解决实际问题的时候，就必须尊重客观规律，及时采用恰当的方法和付出踏实的劳动。
【吹笛子的渔夫的英文版】
THE FISHERMAN PIPING
A Fisherman who could play the flute went down one day to the sea-shore with his nets and his flute; and, taking his stand on a projecting rock, began to play a tune, thinking that the music would bring the fish jumping out of the sea. He went on playing for some time, but not a fish appeared: so at last he threw down his fl ute and cast his net into the sea, and made a great haul of fi sh. When they were landed and he saw them leaping about on the shore, he cried,“You rascals! you wouldn’t dance when I piped: but now I’ve stopped,you can do nothing else!”