Show me The water.

A young fry asked its mother, "I want to see water, which you say is essential for life." The mother responded, "You are swimming in the water, dear."

The small fry didn't understand and posed the question again, "Show me the water." The mother tried to explain that the baby was already swimming in the water, but the young fry still couldn't grasp the concept.

Convinced that its mother knew nothing, the fry went to its father with the same question: "Papa, show me the water." Dissatisfied with a similar answer, the fry decided to consult its siblings and cousins, telling them that its parents knew next to nothing about water. Yet it received the same response from all its near and dear ones.

Finally, the fry approached a whale, the largest fish it had ever seen, and posed the same question. The whale told the fry to climb onto its back and swam to the seashore. With a slight flip, the whale tossed the fry onto the beach.

There, the little fry twitched, twisted, flipped, and gamboled, gasping for breath. The whale pointed to the seawater and said, "This is water." Then, using its fin, the whale gently flipped the fry back into the ocean.

Only then did the fry understand what water was.

Lesson: Trust your parents and your near and dear ones for answers. Strangers may teach you hard lessons.