there once was a fisherman who lived with his wife in a small hut close by the seaside. the fisherman used to go fishing every day. once day, as he sat in his boat with his rod, looking at the sparkling
what would she have now ? said the fish. ah! said the fisherman. she wants to be an emperor. go home. said the fish. she is an emperor already,. so he went go home and he saw his wife sittingon a very lofty throne made of solid gold, with a great crown on her head full two yards high and on each side of her stood her guards and attends in a row. the fisherman went up to her and said, wife, are you an emperor? yes said she. i am an emperor. ah! saiad the man, as he gazed upon her. what a fine thing it is to be an emperor! husband. said she. it is good to be an emperor. they were happy for a while
1. did the fisherman like asking the fish for wishes? how did he feel
about it ? do you think he could have done something else intead of
going back to the fish again and again ?
2. the story doesn't reveal how the prince was turned into a fish. what do you think might heve happened ?
3. do you think the prince will stay fish forever ?
4. what happenes at the fisherman's wife keep asking her husband to go back to the fish ?
6. what do you thing of fisherman'n wife ? do you feek sorry for her? or do you feel angry with her ? discuss
7. if you had a chance to rewrite the story end ? write your ending of the story.
8. imagine you are the fish in the story . can you narrate the story from his point of view ?
9. what lesson did you learn from this story ?