The Fisherman and the Golden Fish

                            The Fisherman and the Golden Fish

 Malhar Was a fisherman. He lived with his wife in a little hut near the sea. He lived with his wife a little hut near  the  sea. He went down to the sea every day to carry fish. one day, a strange thing happened. He caught a big golden fish in his net. When Malhar took the fish out of water, the fish began to speak. "o fisherman, please let me go." Malhar was very surprised. He was a kind man. He let the fish go. 






Malhar went home empty-handed. He Told his wife about the fish. His wife was not very kind.

"Foolish man ! Why did you let the fish go ? Go back to the sea and call the fish. It must be a magic fish. Ask the 
fish to grant you a wish.

" So Malhar went back to  the sea and called the fish. "O fish, please grant me a wish.

" The fish popped up its head out of the blue sea and said, "What is your wish ?"





  Some days passed. Malhar's wife said to him, "This house
  is not enough. I want to live in a castle. I Want to be a queen."

 So Malhar went back to the sea and called the fish.
 "O fish, please grant me a wish."

There were big waves in the sea. The fish came  and asked,
"What is your wish ?"
"My wife wants to be a queen."

"Go back home. Your wish is granted."

Malhar went back home. In place of the big house,
he saw a castle had many buildings and towers. There 
were many gardens around the castle.

 



"What a beautiful castle !" said Malhar.


In the castle, his wife sat on a throne of 


gold and diamonds. She were a crown.


"Are shall see," said his wife.
  





 
                    Some days passed. 
                     Malhar's wife called him,
                       "This is not enough for me.
                          Now I want to be a goddess."

                                  "What are you asking
                                     for , wife  ? It is not right,"
                                       said Malhar. But his wife
                                        become angry. "Go to the 
                                          fish at once !" she ordered.

               Malhar went back to the 
                 sea and called the fish, "O
                   fish, please grant me one
                     more wish."  

             When the fish came,
               There was  a storm in the sea.
                  The fish looked very very 
                      cross.

                                        "What is it,now ?"
                                            
                                            "My wife wants to be a 
                                                goddess," said Malhar in a 
                                                   small voice.


 
 "Go back home !" the fish said. His voice
Was like thunder, "And don't come again."

          
         Malhar went back home. In place of the big
           castle, he saw his little hut. His wife had to live
          in the little hut once again.












                                             *** The End ***