StoryTitle("caps", "The Fisherman and His Wife") ?>
SubTitle("mixed", "Part 1 of 2") ?>
DisplayImage("text", "treadwell_first_zpage097", "
", "
", "center", "70", "5", "5", "[Illustration]") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(97, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Once a fisherman and his wife lived ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "in a little hut by the sea. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "One day the fisherman sat on the shore ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "with his rod.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"The fish do not bite to-day,\" he said.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Just then something pulled his line.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He drew up a large fish.", "") ?>
PagePoem(98, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Let me go,\" said the fish. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I am not good to eat. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I am not a real fish. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I am an enchanted prince. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Please put me back into the water, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and I will swim away.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The fisherman put him back into the water, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", " and went home to his wife. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Did you catch no fish to-day?\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", " said his wife. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I caught a very large fish,\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "said the fisherman. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", " \"But it said to me, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2SQ", "", "'I am not a real fish. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "I am an enchanted prince. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", " Put me back into the water, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", " and I will swim away.' ", "") ?>
PagePoem(99, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "So I put it back into the water, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and it swam away.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Did you wish for something?\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", " said his wife. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"What should I wish for?\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", " said the fisherman. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"You could wish for a pretty cottage,\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", " said she. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I am tired of this little hut. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", " Go quickly and tell the fish ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "that we want a pretty cottage.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "So the fisherman went back to the sea. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", " The water was all dark and green. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", " He stood by the shore, and said, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", " \"O prince of the sea! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", " Come listen to me, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "For my wife Isabel ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "Has a wish to tell.\" ", "") ?>
PagePoem(100, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The fish swam to the shore and said, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"What does she want?\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"She wants a pretty cottage,\" said he. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"She is tired of our little hut.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Go, home,\" said the fish. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Your wife is in her cottage now.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The man went home. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "There stood his wife at the cottage door. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "She took him by the hand and said, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"Come and see our cottage.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "There was a pretty little parlor, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and a bedroom and a kitchen. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "There was a little yard ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "with ducks and chickens. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And there was a little garden. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Is this not beautiful?\" said the wife. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"We shall always be happy now,\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", " said the fisherman. ", "") ?>
PagePoem(101, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But one day his wife said, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"This cottage is too small. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", " I want a large castle. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", " Go quickly and tell the fish.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "So he went back to the shore. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The sea was all purple and dark blue. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The fisherman stood by it and said, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", " \"O prince of the sea! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", " Come listen to me, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "For my wife Isabel ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "Has a wish to tell.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"What does she want?\" said the fish. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"She wants a large castle,\" said he. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Go home,\" said the fish. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Your wife is in her castle now.\" ", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>