THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE I A fisherman sat on the rocks by the sea. No fish had come to his line all day. He was just going home. Jerk! Jerk! what was that? Just see the queer fish on his line! “Please put me back! Please put me back!" cried the fish. See suggestions to teachers. 28 "That I will," said the fisherman. not eat a fish that talks." "I can He put the fish back in the sea and went home. "Where is your fish?" said his wife. The fisherman told his wife about the queer fish. She was angry with him. "Did you ask the fish for anything?" said she. "No," said the fisherman, "I did not think of that." "Go back and ask for a good home," said she. The fisherman went back to the sea. Then he said: "Little fish, little fish, Come, I pray, and talk to me.” The fish came up out of the sea. "My wife wishes a good home," said the fisherman. "Go home," said the fish, "Your wife has her wish." The fisherman went back to his wife. There stood a lovely new home. They had everything-pigs and geese and a cow. "How fine!" said the fisherman. Next morning the wife said, "I wish to live in a castle. Go ask the fish." "Oh!" said he, "please do not make me.” "Do as I tell you!" said the wife. The fisherman went back to the sea. "Little fish, little fish, Come, I pray, and talk to me." |