小学英语阅读教学中的故事拓展(11)

　　My Pan Is Too Small

　　One day after supper, Mr. Dickens went out for a walk along the bank of a river. He saw a fisherman there. So he stopped to watch him quietly.

　　After a few minutes, the fisherman pulled his line in. There was a big, fat fish at the end of it.

　　The fisherman took it off the hook and threw it back into the water. Then he put his hook and line into the water again. After a few more minutes he caught another big fish. Again he threw it back into the river. Then, the third time, he caught a small fish. He put it into the basket and started to get ready to go home.

　　Mr. Dickens was very surprised. "Why did you throw those big fish back into the water, and keep only that small one?" he asked.

　　The fisherman looked at him and answered, "My pan is too small!"