Dona and her husband Mao, lived near a river. Dona was a lazy woman. She hated work. Mao often scolded her for her laziness. One day Mao said, “How lazy you are, Dona! You don’t want to work. You stay in the house all day. All you do is wait for our neighbors to five us something to eat. Aren’t you ashamed? Why don’t you go to the river and catch some fish for supper?” “I never ask our neighbors to give us food,” Dona replied.
“If they continue giving us food without me asking them, it’s not my fault.” The couple’s neighbors were generous. They often gave the couple food knowing that Dona was too lazy to work. So Mao scolded Dona again and again. “All right,” she said at last. “I’ll go to the river and fish for supper.” It had become dark and so she took a basket along to put the fish i
