[IanCal]

The fisherman laughed, and a few years later there was a shortage of fish, and his family suffered having not built up any reserves of money or assets.

The parable of the fisherman is basically the Ant and the Grasshopper told up until some time before winter.

Exaggerated obviously, but then parables always are, that's why they are almost useless.

[vacri]

You forgot to mention the embezzlement that wiped the businessman out after all those years of hard work.

[maglos]

You can find a contradiction in anything if you look hard enough.

[lrobb]

in my version the fisherman had a nest-egg and a supportive village, killjoy... ;)